Acoustic analysis of speech-through a hearing aid: Perceptual effects of changes with two-channel compression

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 414-426

  Hickson, Louise ^a   Thyer, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Compression amplification; Linear amplification; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542752522     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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