Fitting hearing aids on infants and children: A primer for otolaryngologists

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 791-801

  Littman, Thomas A ^a   Blankenship, Karen K ^a   Koenig, Jo A ^a  

^a Listen for Life Center at Virginia Mason   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROPHONE; REVIEW;

CHILD; FEEDBACK; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FITTING;

EID: 0036703988     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00050-6     Document Type: Review

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