A clinical perspective on cochlear dead regions: Intelligibility of speech and subjective hearing aid benefit

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 600-613

  Preminger, Jill E ^a   Carpenter, Ryan ^a,b   Ziegler, Craig H ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear dead regions; Hearing aid performance; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NOISE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; HAIR CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644793208     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.8.9     Document Type: Article

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