Why middle-aged listeners have trouble hearing in everyday settings

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1417-1422

  Ruggles, Dorea ^a   Bharadwaj, Hari ^a   Shinn Cunningham, Barbara G ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN STEM; HEARING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; HEARING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864620690     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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