Updating Our Fitting Strategies Given New Technology

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Ricketts, Todd A ^a   Van Vliet, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa ^*

Author keywords

Fitting algorithm; Hearing aid evaluation; Loudness growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343299497     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889.0502.29     Document Type: Article

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