Effect of signal-to-noise ratio on directional microphone benefit and preference

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 662-676

  Walden, Brian E ^a   Surr, Rauna K ^a   Grant, Kenneth W ^a   Van Summers, W ^a   Cord, Mary T ^a   Dyrlund, Ole ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GN ReSound Group   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automatic directionality; Directional microphones; Hearing aids; Preferences; Signal to noise ratio; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 33644857071     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.16.9.4     Document Type: Article

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