Competing speech perception in older and younger adults: Behavioral and eye-movement evidence

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-170

  Helfer, Karen S ^a   Staub, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Eye tracking; Speech understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894548840     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3182a830cf     Document Type: Article

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