Horizontal localization and speech intelligibility with bilateral and unilateral hearing aid amplification

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 395-400

  Köbler, Susanne ^a,c   Rosenhall, U ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c U of Tech and Clinical Audiology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bilateral hearing aids; Binaural hearing; Localization; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0036780397     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020209090416     Document Type: Article

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