An abbreviated word recognition protocol based on item difficulty

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Hurley, Raymond M ^a   Sells, Janet P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Naval Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERROR; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037383597     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AUD.0000058113.56906.0D     Document Type: Article

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