Cochlear Function and Speech Recognition in the Elderly: Funcián coclear y discriminación del lenguaje en los adultos mayores
| Autor: | Vincenzo Sallustio, Angelo Scaringi, Antonio Quaranta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Linguistics and Language
medicine.medical_specialty Frequency selectivity business.industry Hearing loss Cochlear mechanics Speech recognition Audiology Summation Language and Linguistics Cochlear function Speech and Hearing medicine.anatomical_structure otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Inner ear sense organs Psychoacoustics Young adult medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Audiology. 40:301-307 |
| ISSN: | 1708-8186 1499-2027 |
| Popis: | The aim of the current study was to evaluate the performance of elderly subjects in advanced tests that assess primary cochlear functions (temporal summation, frequency selectivity, cochlear mechanics) and relate them to speech recognition scores. The results show that measures of primary cochlear function in elderly subjects are worse than in young adults, suggesting that receptor failure is primarily involved in ‘presbyacusis’. Moreover, the data suggest that significant changes in the conductive structures within the inner ear could be involved in age-related hearing loss. Peripheral function deterioration seems to be highly relevant for speech recognition; in fact, it was found that the elderly with the poorest speech recognition scores also had the worst frequency selectivity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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