Fitting low ratio compression to people with severe and profound hearing losses

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-141

  Barker, Chris ^a   Dillon, Harvey ^b   Newall, Philip ^c  

^a Australian Hearing   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY;

EID: 0035073145     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200104000-00006     Document Type: Article

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