Subjective and psychophysiological indexes of listening effort in a competing-talker task

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Mackersie, Carol L ^a   Cones, Heather ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Galvanic skin response; Heart rate; Listening effort; Physiological stress reactivity; Psychophysiology; Skin temperature; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEARING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEARING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953900925     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.2.6     Document Type: Article

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