A modification of play audiometry to assess speech discrimination ability in severe-profoundly deaf 2-to 4-year-old children

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 371-384

  Dawson, P W ^a   Nott, P E ^b   Clark, G M ^a   Cowan, R S C ^b  

^a Australian Bionic Ear Hear Res I   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; PHONETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031662878     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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