The Auditory-Visual Speech Benefit on Working Memory in Older Adults with Hearing Impairment

The Auditory-Visual Speech Benefit on Working Memory in Older Adults with Hearing Impairment

This study examined the effect of auditory-visual (AV) speech stimuli on working memory in hearing impaired participants (HIP) in comparison to age- and education-matched normal elderly controls (NEC). Participants completed a working memory n-back task (0- to 2-back) in which sequences of digits we...

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Main Authors: Jana B. Frtusova, Natalie ePhillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Aging
Speech Perception
working memory
hearing impairment
Multisensory Interaction
Even-related potentials
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00490/full

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