Decline in older persons' ability to recognize speech in noise: The influence of demographic, health-related, environmental, and cognitive factors

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 722-732

  Pronk, Marieke ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a,b   Festen, Joost M ^a   Twisk, Jos W ^b,c   Smits, Cas ^a   Comijs, Hannie C ^a   Kramer, Sophia E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SMOKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NOISE; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SMOKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84887263427     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3182994eee     Document Type: Article

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