The neurobiology of speech perception decline in aging

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 979-997

  Bilodeau Mercure, Mylène ^a,b   Lortie, Catherine L ^a,b   Sato, Marc ^c   Guitton, Matthieu J ^a,b   Tremblay, Pascale ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Brain senescence; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Insula; Language; Premotor cortex; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYCUSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PRESBYCUSIS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891643184     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0695-3     Document Type: Article

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