Prediction of non-linear amplification using different loudness scaling tests

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-48

  Keidser, Gitte ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FREQUENCY SPECIFIC LOUDNESS DATA; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; LOUDNESS SCALING TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR HEARING AID; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCRIPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038801304     PISSN: 01571532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/audi.25.1.36.31126     Document Type: Article

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