Effects of fast-acting high-frequency compression on the intelligibility of speech in steady and fluctuating background sounds

British Journal of Audiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-273

  Stone, Michael A ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a   Wojtczak, Magdalena ^a   Gudgin, Emma ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic gain control; Compression; Hearing aid; Recruitment; Speech in noise; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0030765754     PISSN: 03005364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03005369709076798     Document Type: Article

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