Hearing aids and listening in noise

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-122

  Preves, David ^a  

^a R and D Songbird Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Digital; Directional; Headroom; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MICROPHONE; NOISE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0033915558     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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