Effects of earmold type on ability to locate sounds when wearing hearing aids

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-228

  Byrne, Denis ^a,b   Noble, William ^a   Glauerdt, Bettina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^c Hear Research and Diagnostic Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING AID; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BONE CONDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029991521     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199606000-00005     Document Type: Article

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