In multi-talker environments, inhibitory deficits may increase interference from auditory distractors and impair selective listening performance. To investigate whether age-related inhibitory deficits contribute to changes in the control of auditory attention, we compared the performance of 45 younger and 45 older adults in a cued selective listening task. In each trial, a visual cue guided attention toward one of three sound sources (A, B, or C). Participants categorized the magnitude of the spoken digit presented at the cued location while ignoring a simultaneous distractor. To assess target-distractor segregation, we measured the performance costs when distractors elicit incongruent responses compared to congruent responses (i.e., congruency effect). Across trials, we manipulated the n-2 location sequence to test whether returning to a previously attended location results in a cost (inhibition) or a benefit (facilitation). Results showed no age-related deficit in the congruency effect, suggesting comparable target-distractor segregation across age groups. When participants switched attention to a previously attended location (ABA) relative to a new one (CBA), an n-2 location repetition benefit was observed, suggesting in both age groups similar facilitation, rather than an age-related inhibitory deficit. Older adults, in addition to general slowing, showed a N-2 location repetition benefit also in error rates. Overall, these findings provide no evidence for an age-related inhibitory deficit during selective listening, even when sensory decline was taken into account. Instead, they suggest that auditory attention remains largely preserved in healthy aging, with older adults effectively resisting distractor interference and flexibly orienting attention across different sound sources.