Effects of advancing age and hearing loss on Gaps-in-Noise test performance

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-250

  John, Andrew B ^a   Hall, James W ^b   Kreisman, Brian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gap detection; Sensorineural hearing loss; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871482021     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/11-0023)     Document Type: Article

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