Listening effort in younger and older adults: A comparison of auditory-only and auditory-visual presentations

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 62S-68S

  Sommers, Mitchell S ^a   Phelps, Damian ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory visual presentations; Listening effort; Visual enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978269178     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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