The effect of functional hearing loss and age on long- and short-term visuospatial memory: Evidence from the UK biobank resource

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Rönnberg, Jerker ^a   Hygge, Staffan ^b   Keidser, Gitte ^c   Rudner, Mary ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Functional hearing loss; Hearing aids; Memory systems; Visuospatial tasks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL HEARING LOSS; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84921384155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00326     Document Type: Article

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