Estimation of client-assessed hearing aid performance based upon unaided variables

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-27

  Crowley, Hilary J ^a,b   Nabelek, Igor V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Multiple regression; Performance; Self assessed performance; Unaided

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOUDNESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029889178     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3901.19     Document Type: Article

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