Cognitive abilities relate to self-reported hearing disability

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1364-1372

  Zekveld, Adriana A ^a,b,c   George, Erwin L J ^a,d   Houtgast, Tammo ^a   Kramer, Sophia E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Linköping University   (Sweden)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hearing loss; Speech perception; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY;

COGNITION; HEARING LOSS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 84886659200     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0268)     Document Type: Article

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