Measuring the real-ear to coupler difference transfer function with an insert earphone and a hearing instrument: Are they the same?

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Munro, Kevin J ^a,b   Toal, Sinead ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADULT; AMPLIFIER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEAD PHONE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROPHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; REAL EAR TO COUPLER DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 13444251233     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200502000-00003     Document Type: Article

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