Peaks in the frequency response of hearing aids: Evaluation of the effects on speech intelligibility and sound quality

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-250

  Van Buuren, Ronald A ^a,b   Festen, Joost M ^a   Houtgast, Tammo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Hearing aids; Resonance peaks; Sound quality; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MUSIC; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MUSIC; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030122062     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3902.239     Document Type: Review

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