Clinical Protocols for Hearing Instrument Fitting in the Desired Sensation Level Method

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 199-226

  Bagatto, Marlene ^a   Moodie, Sheila ^a   Scollie, Susan ^a   Seewald, Richard ^a   Moodie, Shane ^a   Pumford, John ^b   Liu, K P Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Unitron Hearing   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DESIRED SENSATION LEVEL METHOD; HEARING AID; REVIEW; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EAR CANAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED;

EID: 31144450427     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108471380500900404     Document Type: Article

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