Auditory Temporal Processing and Aging: Implications for Speech Understanding of Older People

Current estimates of the prevalence of age-related hearing loss among those over 65 years in the U.S. converge on an overall prevalence rate of approximately 50%, suggesting that there are currently 20 million senior citizens with significant hearing loss (Agrawal et al., 2008; Cruickshanks et al.,...

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Published inAudiology research Vol. 1; no. 1; p. e4
Main Authors Gordon-Salant, S, Fitzgibbons, P J, Yeni-Komshian, G H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 07.03.2011
MDPI AG
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aging
auditory temporal processing
auditory temporal processing
aging
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Summary:Current estimates of the prevalence of age-related hearing loss among those over 65 years in the U.S. converge on an overall prevalence rate of approximately 50%, suggesting that there are currently 20 million senior citizens with significant hearing loss (Agrawal et al., 2008; Cruickshanks et al., 1998; Moscicki et al., 1985)[...]
Bibliography:Parts of this work were presented at the “AHS 2010 - International Conference on Adult Hearing Screening”, Cernobbio (Italy), June 10-12, 2010.
ISSN:2039-4330
2039-4349
2039-4349
DOI:10.4081/audiores.2011.e4