Selecting, Verifying, and Evaluating Hearing Aids for Children

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-198

  Ching, Teresa Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audibility; Children; Evaluation; Hearing aids; Prescriptions; Verification

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1842418509     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860310001988     Document Type: Review

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