New measures of masked text recognition in relation to speech-in-noise perception and their associations with age and cognitive abilities

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 194-209

  Besser, Jana ^a   Zekveld, Adriana A ^a,b,c   Kramer, Sophia E ^a   Rönnberg, Jerker ^b,c   Festena, Joost M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Linköping University   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Cognitive abilities; Masked text recognition; Speech perception; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPREHENSION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COMPREHENSION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857435275     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0008)     Document Type: Article

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