Journal:
:auditory and vestibular research
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fatemeh heiran department of audiology, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mohammad ebrahim mahdavi department of audiology, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
fatemeh heidari department of audiology, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
alireza akbarzadeh baghban department of basic sciences, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mohammad mehdi heiran department of emergency medicine, kerman university of medical sciences, kerman, iran
background and aim: aging is associated with reduced cognitive abilities including attention and memory. there is some evidence that shows randomized dichotic digits test (rddt) has enough difficulty to show the ear asymmetry in dichotic listening. this study aimed to compare the effect of free and focused attention on dichotic listening ability of young and elderly listeners. methods: the cros...