The effects of hearing aid use on listening effort and mental fatigue associated with sustained speech processing demands

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 523-534

  Hornsby, Benjamin W Y ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTENTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; ARTICLE; DYSTHYMIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84883740457     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31828003d8     Document Type: Article

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