Evaluating the benefit of speech recoding hearing aids in children

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-113

  Miller Hansen, Denise R ^a   Nelson, Peggy B ^b   Widen, Judith E ^c   Simon, Stephen D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hearing aid benefit; Hearing aids; Speech recoding hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESIS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 1842852924     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2003/018)     Document Type: Article

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