Impact of noise source configuration on directional hearing aid benefit and performance

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-205

  Ricketts, Todd ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0033949902     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200006000-00002     Document Type: Article

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