Auditory and cognitive effects of aging on perception of environmental sounds in natural auditory scenes

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1373-1388

  Gygi, Brian ^a,b   Shafiro, Valeriy ^c  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory rehabilitation; Cognition; Development; Gerontology; Hearing loss; Psychoacoustics

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEMANTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENT; GERONTOLOGY; HEARING LOSS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYCUSIS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84886698082     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0283)     Document Type: Article

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