Working memory capacity may influence perceived effort during aided speech recognition in noise

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 577-589

  Rudner, Mary ^a   Lunner, Thomas ^a,b   Behrens, Thomas ^b   Thorén, Elisabet Sundewall ^a,b   Rönnberg, Jerker ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aided speech recognition in noise; Cognition; Rated effort; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866453661     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.7.7     Document Type: Article

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