Improvements in speech perception with an experimental nonlinear frequency compression hearing device

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 281-292

  Simpson, Andrea ^a,b   Hersbach, Adam A ^a   McDermott, Hugh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frequency compression; Hearing aid users; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21344433648     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500060636     Document Type: Article

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