Quantifying telecoil performance in the ear: Common practices and a new protocol

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-80

  Yanz, Jerry L ^a   Pehringer, James ^b  

^a Micro Tech Hearing Instruments Inc   (United States)

^b Allied Hearing Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantification; Tel Phone; Telecoil

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEARING AID; MICROPHONE; REVIEW; SOUND; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STANDARD; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0037295901     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37909     Document Type: Review

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