Communicating with elders: Effects of speaker-listener distance

British Journal of Audiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-138

  Erber, Norman P ^a   Holland, J ^a   Osborn, Richard R ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Natl Ctr Ageing and Sensory Loss   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplification; Conversational fluency; Hearing aids; Speaker listener distance

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROPHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031812849     PISSN: 03005364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03005364000000058     Document Type: Article

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