Partner-directed gaze and co-speech hand gestures: effects of age, hearing loss and noise

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• What: The aim of this study was to develop a fuller picture of how talkers interact by examining these other communicative signals and determining whether these also show adaptation effects that differ as a function of age and communicative conditions. This prediction motivated this study where the authors examined the frequency of partner directed gaze of younger and older talkers in different noise conditions, and also tested older adults with normal hearing and those with mild hearing loss. As far as the authors can tell, this work has not been extended to examine older adults with hearing . . .
  

   

  

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