Tolerable hearing aid delays. III. Effects on speech production and perception of across-frequency variation in delay

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-183

  Stone, Michael A ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; DEVICE; DIGITAL FILTERING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037384791     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AUD.0000058106.68049.9C     Document Type: Article

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