Does Speaker Age Affect Speech Perception in Noise in Older Adults?

Purpose: To investigate the effects of speaker age, speaker gender, semantic context, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a listener’s hearing status on speech recognition and listening effort in older adults. We examined the hypothesis that older adults would recognize less speech and exert greater li...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Penny
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Department of Communication Disorders 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7825

Similar Items