Benefits of audibility for listeners with severe high-frequency hearing loss

Hearing Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 42-52

  Simpson, Andrea ^a   McDermott, Hugh J ^a   Dowell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear dead regions; Hearing aids; High frequency hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONSONANT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 27744531078     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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