A dynamic auditory-cognitive system supports speech-in-noise perception in older adults

Hearing Research

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-32

  Anderson, Samira ^a,b   White Schwoch, Travis ^a   Parbery Clark, Alexandra ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MUSIC; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY; AGE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSIC; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876722677     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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