A comparison of three hearing-aid sound-processing strategies in a multiple-memory hearing aid for adolescents

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-196

  Christensen, Laurel A ^a,b  

^a Etymotic Research   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Pediatric audiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032768804     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1082934     Document Type: Article

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