Ensuring accuracy of the pediatric hearing aid fitting

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-27

  Marcoux, André ^a   Hansen, Martin ^a  

^a Widex A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIDDLE EAR; NOMENCLATURE; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SOUND AMPLIFICATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037279083     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108471380300700103     Document Type: Review

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