Effects of single-channel phonemic compression schemes on the understanding of speech by hearing-impaired listeners;Efectos de los esquemas de compresión fonémica en un canal en unico sobre la comprensión del lenguaje en personas con impedimentos auditivos

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-25

  Goedegebure, André ^a,b   Hulshof, Marieke ^a   Maas, Ronald J J ^a   Dreschler, Wouter A ^b   Verschuure, Hans ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consonant vowel ratio; Digital processing; Dynamic range; High frequency loss; Phonemic compression; Single channel compression; Speech intelligibility test; Upward spread of masking; Wide band control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY MASKING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL FILTERING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NOISE; PERFORMANCE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035097913     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206090109073096     Document Type: Article

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