Speech intelligibility in noisy environments with one- and two-microphone hearing aids

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-98

  Wouters, Jan ^a   Litière, Luc ^a   van Wieringen, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Directional microphones; Speech intelligibility in noise; Two microphone hearing aid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 2442737807     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099909073008     Document Type: Article

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