Effect of speaker age on speech recognition and perceived listening effort in older adults with hearing loss

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 838-847

  McAuliffe, Megan J ^a   Wilding, Phillipa J ^a   Rickard, Natalie A ^a   O'Beirne, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging; Effort; Hearing loss; Listener; Speech; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PRESBYCUSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 84862012949     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0101)     Document Type: Article

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