Age-related changes in listening effort for various types of masker noises

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 261-272

  Desjardins, Jamie L ^a   Doherty, Karen A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROOP TEST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84877582972     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31826d0ba4     Document Type: Article

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