Potential benefits of across-aid communication for bilaterally aided people: Listening in a car

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 182-189

  Richards, Virginia M ^a,b   Moore, Brian C J ^a   Launer, Stefan ^c  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Phonak Hearing Instruments AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Across aid communication; Binaural processing; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION AID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644627499     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500250054     Document Type: Article

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