An equivalent input noise level criterion for hearing aids

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-362

  Macrae, John H ^a   Dillon, Harvey ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

equivalent input noise level; hearing aids; internal noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AUDITION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EQUIVALENT INPUT NOISE LEVEL (EINL); HEARING LOSS; INTERNAL NOISE;

HEARING AIDS;

ARTICLE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NOISE;

EID: 0030271529     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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