Relation between speech-in-noise threshold, hearing loss and cognition from 40-69 years of age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Moore, David R ^a,b,c   Edmondson Jones, Mark ^a,d   Dawes, Piers ^e   Fortnum, Heather ^a,d   McCormack, Abby ^a,b,d   Pierzycki, Robert H ^a,d   Munro, Kevin J ^e,f  

^a NIHR   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; THINKING; WORKPLACE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING; HEARING TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPEECH;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPEECH;

EID: 84907221226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107720     Document Type: Article

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