Working memory supports listening in noise for persons with hearing impairment

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-167

  Rudner, Mary ^a   Rönnberg, Jerker ^a   Lunner, Thomas ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Compression; Hearing aids; Hearing impairment; Speech recognition in noise; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79955684084     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.3.4     Document Type: Article

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