Effects of three amplification strategies on speech perception by children with severe and profound hearing loss

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-47

  Marriage, Josephine E ^a,b,c   Moore, Brian C J ^a   Stone, Michael A ^a   Baer, Thomas ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b Children's Hear Eval/A R   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 13444283618     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200502000-00004     Document Type: Article

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