Screening of hearing ability and hearing threshold among traffic police
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Aging and speech perception: beyond hearing threshold and cognitive ability.
BACKGROUND Older adults manifest difficulties in speech perception, especially when speech is accompanied by noise or when speech is rapid. Several explanations have been suggested to account for age-related changes in speech perception, such as changes in hearing sensitivity or a more general decline in cognitive functioning. The purpose of the present study was to directly examine the relativ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2091-0576,2467-9100
DOI: 10.3126/ajms.v10i5.24911