Abstract
This study examined the effect of aging on hemispheric specialization for verbal and melodic materials, using dichotic listening as an index. One hundred and two normal right-handed males between 24 and 79 yr were tested on two occassions, after rigorous audiological screening, with objective compensation for small differences in auditory acuity between the ears. While overall scores declined with age, there was no interaction between age and the degree of right ear advantage for verbal material and left ear advantage for melodies. Neither was there any change with age in test-retest stability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 79-83 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Neuropsychologia |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |