Quality ratings for frequency-shaped peak-clipped speech: Results for listeners with hearing loss

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1115-1123

  Kozma Spytek, Linda ^a,b   Kates, James M ^a   Revoile, Sally G ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence function; Distortion perception; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Speech quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NOISE; SPEECH;

AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029903820     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3906.1115     Document Type: Article

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