The effects of expansion on the objective and subjective performance of hearing instrument users

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-113

  Plyler, Patrick N ^a   Hill, Ashley Blair ^b   Trine, Timothy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Starkey Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Expansion; Hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NOISE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20844438020     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.2.5     Document Type: Article

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