Hearing threshold levels and speech recognition in noise in 7-year-olds

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 435-443

  Blandy, Susan ^a,b   Lutman, Mark ^b  

^a Southampton City Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BKB sentences; Children; Hearing threshold levels; Speech recognition in noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 23944507262     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500189203     Document Type: Article

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