Hearing aids and digital wireless telephones

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-62

  Preves, David ^a  

^a Micro Tech Hearing Instruments Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular; Digital; Emission; Immunity; Interference; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEARING AID; REVIEW; SOUND; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0037296925     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37906     Document Type: Review

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