Aging and the perception of temporally interleaved words

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-167

  Helfer, Karen S ^a   Mason, Christine R ^b   Marino, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875222682     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31826a8ea7     Document Type: Article

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