Temporal processing in low-frequency channels: Effects of age and hearing loss in middle-aged listeners

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 393-404

  Leigh Paffenroth, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Elangovan, Saravanan ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap detection; Hearing loss; Normal hearing sensitivity; Speech perception; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HIGH FREQUENCY SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; PRESBYCUSIS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054678821     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.7.2     Document Type: Article

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