The role of auditory and cognitive factors in understanding speech in noise by normal-hearing older listeners

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Schoof, Tim ^a   Rosen, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory processing; Cognition; Noise; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SKILL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STEADY STATE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84909633912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00307     Document Type: Article

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