Toward a representative set of “Real-Life” noises;Hacia un juego representativo de ruidos de la vida real

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 78-91

  Koopman, Jan ^a   Marie Franck, Bastien Alphons ^a   Dreschler, Wouter Albert ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Background noises; Comfort programs; Hearing aid fitting; Modulated transfer function; Spectral analysis; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING AID; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE;

EID: 0034960948     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206090109073103     Document Type: Article

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