title: Understanding the speech-understanding problems of older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article was to review recent research from our laboratory on the speech-understanding problems of older adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  The method involved a narrative review of previously reported data from our laboratory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To date, the results from most of our studies have indicated that peripheral and cognitive factors are the primary contributors to the speech-understanding problems of older adults, with the relative mix of these 2 factors changing for unaided (primarily peripheral) and aided (primarily cognitive) listening conditions.
authors: Larry E
authors: LE
authors: Humes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition; D032882:Comprehension; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D013067:Speech Perception