Reliability and stability of various hearing-aid outcome measures in a group of elderly hearing-aid wearers

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 923-935

  Humes, Larry E ^a   Halling, Dan ^a   Coughlin, Maureen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit; Hearing aids; Outcome measures; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISABILITY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029796794     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3905.923     Document Type: Article

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