Factors ensuring consistent audibility in pediatric hearing aid fitting

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 503-520

  Kuk, Francis ^a   Marcoux, A ^b  

^a Widex Hearing Aid Company   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Audibility; Consistency; Hearing aid fitting; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHILD; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MICROPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY;

CHILD; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036816255     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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