The role of auditory and cognitive factors in understanding speech in noise by normal-hearing older listeners

Normal-hearing older adults often experience increased difficulties understanding speech in noise. In addition, they benefit less from amplitude fluctuations in the masker. These difficulties may be attributed to an age-related auditory temporal processing deficit. However, a decline in cognitive pr...

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Main Authors: Tim eSchoof, Stuart eRosen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00307/full