Performance of a fully adaptive directional microphone to signals presented from various azimuths

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 333-347

  Kuk, Francis ^a   Keenan, Denise ^a   Lau, Chi Chuen ^a   Ludvigsen, Carl ^b  

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

^b Widex A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audibility; Automatic switching; Fully adaptive directional microphone; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MICROPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 12844273037     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.6.2     Document Type: Article

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