Recognition of rapid speech by blind and sighted older adults

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 622-631

  Gordon Salant, Sandra ^a   Friedman, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Speech in noise; Time compressed speech

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLINDNESS; HEARING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRESBYCUSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955580439     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/10-0052)     Document Type: Article

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