Preferred overall loudness. II: Listening through hearing aids in field and laboratory tests

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-25

  Smeds, Karolina ^a,d   Keidser, Gitte ^b   Zakis, Justin ^c   Dillon, Harvey ^b   Leijon, Arne ^a   Grant, Frances ^b   Convery, Elizabeth ^b   Brew, Christopher ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b National Acoustics Laboratory   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hearing aid experience; Impaired hearing; Laboratory test; Normal hearing; Normal overall loudness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOUDNESS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 28844503440     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500190177     Document Type: Article

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