Cognitive spare capacity as a window on hearing aid benefit

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 298-307

  Rudner, Mary ^a   Lunner, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a The Swedish Institute for Disability Research Linköping University   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OTICON A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; cognitive spare capacity; hearing aids; signal processing; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION AID; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84886931886     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1356642     Document Type: Article

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