Amplified earmuffs: Impact on speech intelligibility in industrial noise for listeners with hearing loss

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-85

  Dolan, Thomas G ^a   O'Loughlin, Dennis ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified earmuffs; Electroacoustics; Hearing loss; Industrial noise; Intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AGED; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 27744475910     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2005/007)     Document Type: Article

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