Spatial selective auditory attention in the presence of reverberant energy: Individual differences in normal-hearing listeners

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-405

  Ruggles, Dorea ^a   Shinn Cunningham, Barbara ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; auditory object; memory; perceptual organization; reverberation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERBERATION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958157045     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-010-0254-z     Document Type: Article

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