Musicians experience less age-related decline in central auditory processing

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 410-417

  Zendel, Benjamin Rich ^a,b   Alain, Claude ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory processing; Musician

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NOISE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH; ADOLESCENT; AGING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860252072     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024816     Document Type: Article

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