Accumulating evidence points to a link between age-related hearing loss and cognitive
decline, but their relationship is not clear. Does one cause the other, or does some third …

Background: The authors reviewed the evidence regarding the existence of age-related
declines in central auditory processes and the consequences of any such declines for …

This paper summarizes twenty studies, published since 1989, that have measured
experimentally the relationship between speech recognition in noise and some aspect of …

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This chapter reviews various factors that affect the speech-understanding abilities of older
adults. Before proceeding to the identification of several such factors, however, it is important …

Cognitive tests of speech understanding were administered (presented as text, or in auditory
or audiovisual modality) and perceived effort was rated. This was done in four background …

Objective: to investigate auditory function in subjects with early Alzheimer's disease, mild
cognitive impairment and with subjective memory complaints, in search of signs of central …

In this study, two experiments were conducted on auditory selective and divided attention in
which the listening task involved the identification of words in sentences spoken by one …

Purpose Models of speech recognition suggest that “top-down” linguistic and cognitive
functions, such as use of phonotactic constraints and working memory, facilitate recognition …

This study investigated whether cognitive measures obtained prior to cochlear implant
surgery activation could predict improvements in spoken word recognition in adult cochlear …