A comparison of Tactaid II+ and Tactaid 7 use by adults with a profound hearing impairment

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 471-482

  Galvin, Karyn L ^a,b,e   Mavrias, Gina ^a,c   Moore, Alessandra ^a,c   Cowan, Robert S C ^a,b,d   Blamey, Peter J ^d   Clark, Graeme M ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Australian Hearing   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033436316     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199912000-00003     Document Type: Article

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