Electrophysiological evidence of augmented interaural asymmetry in middle-aged listeners

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-173

  Davis, Tara M ^a   Jerger, James ^b   Martin, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

AERP; Aging; Auditory event related potential; Dichotic listening; Speech understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; DICHOTIC LISTENING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERAURAL ASYMMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875577271     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.3.3     Document Type: Article

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