CIC hearing aids: Potential benefits and fitting strategies

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-80

  Mueller, H Gustav ^a,b   Ebinger, Kiara A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Audiology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BIOMECHANICS; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0029986046     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1089928     Document Type: Review

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