Subjective effects of peak clipping and compression limiting in normal and hearing-impaired children and adults

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 412-422

  Stelmachowicz, P G ^a   Lewis, D E ^a   Hoover, B ^a   Keefe, D H ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0032893805     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.424629     Document Type: Article

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