Evidence of acclimatization in persons with severe-to-profound hearing loss

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 84-99

  Kuk, Francis K ^a   Potts, Lisa ^b   Valente, Michael ^b   Lee, Lidia ^c,d   Picirrillo, Jay ^b  

^a Widex Office of Research in Clinical Amplification   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Digital power hearing aid; Low compression threshold

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSTHESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH;

EID: 0141957101     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.14.2.4     Document Type: Article

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