Directional hearing aid benefit in listeners with severe hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-197

  Ricketts, Todd A ^a,b   Hornsby, Benjamin W Y ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional benefit; Directional hearing aids; Severe hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644621339     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500258602     Document Type: Article

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