Aided speech recognition abilities of adults with a severe or severe- to-profound hearing loss

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-299

  Flynn, Mark C ^a   Dowell, Richard C ^a   Clark, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Hearing aids; Hearing impairment; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONSONANT; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOWEL; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031956897     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4102.285     Document Type: Article

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