Expectation and entropy in spoken word recognition: Effects of age and hearing acuity

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-253

  Lash, Amanda ^a   Rogers, Chad S ^a   Zoller, Amy ^a   Wingfield, Arthur ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877112408     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2013.779175     Document Type: Article

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