Evaluation of phoneme discriminating power focusing on age-related hearing loss
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Evaluation of Age-Related Hearing Loss
Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) is characterized by an increased hearing threshold and poor speech understanding in a noisy environment, slowed central processing of acoustic information, and impaired localization of sound sources. Presbycusis seriously affects the older people's quality of life. Particularly, hearing loss in the elderly contributes to social isolation, depression, and l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese journal of ergonomics
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0549-4974,1884-2844
DOI: 10.5100/jje.25.supplement_228