Disturbance caused by varying propagation delay in non-occluding hearing aid fittings

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 594-599

  Groth, Jennifer ^a   Søndergaard, Morten Birkmose ^a  

^a GN ReSound Group   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delay perception; Digital hearing aids; Propagation delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH;

EID: 13244249914     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020400050076     Document Type: Article

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