Audition and Language Comprehension in Adult Aging: Stability in the Face of Change

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 165-185

  Wingfield, Arthur ^a   Lash, Amanda ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Hearing loss; Language comprehension; Linguistic knowledge; Perceptual effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967163199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411469-2.00009-1     Document Type: Chapter

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