A neural basis of speech-in-noise perception in older adults

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 750-757

  Anderson, Samira ^a   Parbery Clark, Alexandra ^a   Yi, Han Gyol ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRESBYCUSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 80255132707     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31822229d3     Document Type: Article

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