title: Research Forum on Changes in Sensory Perception in Middle-Aged Adults: A Summary of a Special Session at Hearing Across the Lifespan (HEAL) 2014.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to introduce the special research forum on sensory-processing changes in middle-aged adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a brief written introduction to the special session, which included five presentations, each emphasizing a slightly different aspect of sensory perception.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effects of aging on sensory processing, including auditory processing and speech perception, are not confined to older adults but begin in middle age in many cases.
authors.forename: Larry E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Humes
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D013067:Speech Perception