Age-Related Changes in Spoken Word Recognition

The Handbook of Speech Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 469-488

  Sommers, Mitchell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Cognitive abilities; Cognitive declines; Peripheral auditory function; Spoken word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861691989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757024.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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