Effects of age and hearing impairment on the ability to benefit from temporal and spectral modulation

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-348

  Hall, Joseph W ^a   Buss, Emily ^a   Grose, John H ^a   Roush, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; PRESBYCUSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860841098     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31823fa4c3     Document Type: Article

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