Limiting high-frequency hearing aid gain in listeners with and without suspected cochlear dead regions

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 498-507

  Mackersie, Carol L ^a   Crocker, Tracy L ^a   Davis, Rebecca A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear dead regions; Hearing amplification; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HEARING AID; HUMAN; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; COCHLEA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 16544376346     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15.7.4     Document Type: Article

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