Evaluation of a second-order directional microphone hearing aid: II. Self-report outcomes

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-201

  Palmer, Catherine ^a   Bentler, Ruth ^b   Mueller, H Gustav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive directional microphone; Directional; Fixed directional microphone; Hearing aid; Hearing aid preferences; Second order microphone; Subjective ratings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROPHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE REDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TREATMENT DURATION; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747508297     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.17.3.5     Document Type: Article

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