Problems and solutions for fitting amplification to patients with Menière's disease

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-15

  Valente, Michael ^a   Mispagel, Karen ^a   Valente, L Maureen ^a   Hullar, Timothy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Digital signal processing; Directional microphones; Loudness discomfort level; Meni re's disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; AUDIOLOGIST; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENIERE DISEASE; MICROPHONE; NOISE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MENIERE'S DISEASE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747353634     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.17.1.2     Document Type: Article

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