Speech intelligibility in noise-induced hearing loss: Effects of high-frequency compensation

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1980, Pages 306-317

  Skinner, Margaret W ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; ECOLOGY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; SPEECH; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0018866935     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.384463     Document Type: Article

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