Which Statement Concerning Speech Perception in Adulthood Is True

question 116

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning speech perception in adulthood is true?

• A)Loud background noise is more distracting to young adults than to older adults.
• B)Older adults are more likely to recall fewer details from a conversation that took place in a noisy restaurant.
• C)Older adults tend to be better at attending to multiple conversations than young adults.
• D)In familiar setting,older adults tend to not use contextual cues to help them interpret what they are hearing.

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