Effects of high-frequency emphasis and compression time constants on speech intelligibility in noise

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 379-394

  Van Toor, Thijs ^a,b   Verschuure, Hans ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Audiological Centre Twente   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

APHAB; AVC; Compression; Compression time constants; Digital hearing aid; Frequency characteristic; Hearing impairment; Speech intelligibility in noise; Subjective preference; Syllabic compression

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; AGED; ALGORITHM; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE INJURY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHONETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036781514     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020209090415     Document Type: Article

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