01736caa a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041100003400055245008200089260001900171300001400190490001400204520115400218700003501372700002201407700002401429700001801453773002501471856004601496210629s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a1936-606X  aPitchai Muthu Arivudai Nambi  0aPerception of Spectral Ripples and Speech Perception in Noise by Older Adults  bSpringerc2016  a283–297  vVolume 41  aPresent study aimed to obtain spectral ripple discrimination threshold in older listeners and to correlate it with their speech perception abilities. In experiment I, fifteen older adults and fifteen young adults with normal hearing sensitivity were tested for spectral ripple discrimination ability in quiet (SRDT) and speech recognition in noise (SNR50). In experiment II, twelve older adults with normal hearing sensitivity were tested for spectral ripple discrimination ability in noise (SNR-SRDT) and SNR50. SRDT and SNR50 of older adults were significantly poorer than young adults. There was a significant negative correlation between SRDT and SNR50 and significant positive correlation between SNR-SRDT and SNR50. Linear regression analysis revealed that SRDT accounted for 21 % of variance in SNR50. Quadratic regression analysis revealed that SNR-SRDT accounted for 63 % of the variance in SNR50. Despite having normal hearing sensitivity, older adults exhibited reduced spectral resolution and poor speech recognition in noise. Poor speech recognition in noise in older adults could be partly due to their spectral resolution abilities.  aAnkmnal Veeranna Sangamanatha   aDwarakanath Vikas  aJayashree. S. Bhat   aKumara Shama   aAgeing International  uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-016-9248-4