Word recognition within a linguistic context: Effects of age, hearing acuity, verbal ability, and cognitive function

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 250-256

  Benichov, Jonathan ^a   Cox, L Clarke ^b   Tun, Patricia A ^a   Wingfield, Arthur ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857916139     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31822f680f     Document Type: Article

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