Speech discrimination in background noise with the Vibrant® Soundbridge™ middle ear implant

Oto-Rhino-Laryngologia Nova

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 119-123

  Garin, Pierre ^a,b,d   Thill, M P ^c   Gerard, J M ^b   Galle, C ^a   Gersdorff, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Cliniques Universitaires UCL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Background noise; Hearing; Middle ear implant; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAR; NOISE; PATIENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0141676578     PISSN: 10148221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072347     Document Type: Article

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