Preferred listening levels: The effect of background noise for moderate-to-profoundly hearing impaired aid users

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-149

  Dean, M R ^a   McDermott, H J ^a  

^a BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Noise reduction; Preferred listening level; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033816910     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503900750042707     Document Type: Article

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