An Approach for Ensuring Accuracy in Pediatric Hearing Instrument Fitting

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-40

  Seewald, Richard C ^a   Scollie, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROACOUSTICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTERNAL EAR; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; INFANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037277202     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108471380300700104     Document Type: Article

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