Human evoked cortical activity to silent gaps in noise: Effects of age, attention, and cortical processing speed

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-339

  Harris, Kelly C ^a   Wilson, Sara ^a   Eckert, Mark A ^a   Dubno, Judy R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRESBYCUSIS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860841243     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31823fb585     Document Type: Article

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