How to assess outcome of hearing aid fitting in children

Scandinavian Audiology, Supplement

Volumn 30, Issue 53, 2001, Pages 68-72

  Arlinger, Stig D ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audibility; Benefit; Heating aids; Speech production; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TEACHER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034744023     PISSN: 01078593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/010503901750166709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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