Relatively effortless listening promotes understanding and recall of medical instructions in older adults

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  DiDonato, Roberta M ^a,b   Surprenant, Aimée M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Eastern Health Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory processing; Comprehension; Hearing loss; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940536063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00778     Document Type: Article

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