Delayed stream segregation in older adults: More than just informational masking

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 482-484

  Ezzatian, Payam ^a   Li, Liang ^b   Pichora Fuller, Kathy ^a   Schneider, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Auditory stream segregation; Auditory temporal processes; Hearing; Hearing and aging; Informational masking; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; AGING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936985717     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000139     Document Type: Article

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