Audiovisual speech reception in noise and self-perceived hearing disability in sensorineural hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-56

  Corthals, Paul ^a,b   Vinck, Bart ^a,b   De Vel, Eddy ^a   Van Cauwenberge, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Vesalius Hogeschool   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auditory handicap; Disability prediction; Disability scaling; Hearing disability; Hearing self assessment; Medico legal assessment; Noise; Speech reception; Speechreading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIP READING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LIPREADING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 0031059620     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099709071960     Document Type: Article

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