Cross-correlation procedures for measuring noise and distortion in AGC hearing aids

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3407-3414

  Kates, James M ^a  

^a AudioLogic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEARING AID; HUMAN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034123759     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.429411     Document Type: Article

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