Working memory compensates for hearing related phonological processing deficit

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-29

  Classon, Elisabet ^a   Rudner, Mary ^a   Rönnberg, Jerker ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Episodic recognition; Hearing impairment; Phonology; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKILL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; READING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84872389930     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: 18737994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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