Quantifying the effect of compression hearing aid release time on speech acoustics and intelligibility

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 651-667

  Jenstad, Lorienne M ^a   Souza, Pamela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Release time; Speech acoustics; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONEME; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944474237     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/045)     Document Type: Article

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