Normal Adult Aging and the Contextual Influences Affecting Speech and Meaningful Sound Perception

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-232

  Aydelott, Jennifer ^a   Leech, Robert ^b   Crinion, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; hearing loss; speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; HEARING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRESBYACUSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESBYCUSIS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953676619     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713810393751     Document Type: Article

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