Working memory, age, and hearing loss: Susceptibility to hearing aid distortion

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-260

  Arehart, Kathryn H ^a   Souza, Pamela ^b   Baca, Rosalinda ^a   Kates, James M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GN ReSound Boulder Evanston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877581665     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318271aa5e     Document Type: Article

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