Age-related differences in gap detection: Effects of task difficulty and cognitive ability

• Published in: Hearing research Vol. 264; no. 1; pp. 21 - 29
• Main Authors: Harris, Kelly C., Eckert, Mark A., Ahlstrom, Jayne B., Dubno, Judy R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aging; Attention; Audiometry, Pure-Tone; Auditory temporal processing; Auditory Threshold; Cognition; Cognitive; Comprehension; Female; Gap detection; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Noise - adverse effects; Perceptual Masking; Processing speed; Signal Detection, Psychological; Speech Perception; Task Performance and Analysis; Time Factors; Workload; Young Adult; Aging; Gap detection; Cognitive; Processing speed; Auditory temporal processing; Workload

Differences in gap detection for younger and older adults have been shown to vary with the complexity of the task or stimuli, but the factors that contribute to these differences remain unknown. To address this question, we examined the extent to which age-related differences in processing speed and...