Unilateral versus bilateral amplification for adults with impaired hearing

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 574-584

  Walden, Therese C ^a   Walden, Brian E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Bilateral; Binaural interference; Dichotic digits; Hearing aids; Speech recognition in noise; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; AGE; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33144472409     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.8.6     Document Type: Article

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