Acclimatization in first-time hearing aid users using three different fitting protocols

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-351

  Reber, Monika Bertges ^a,b   Kompis, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERNAFON AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Audiologist driven fitting; Fitting protocols; NAL NL1; Patient driven fitting

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUNING CURVE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 26444436346     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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