Effect of training on word-recognition performance in noise for young normal-hearing and older hearing-impaired listeners

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-278

  Burk, Matthew H ^a   Humes, Larry E ^a   Amos, Nathan E ^a   Strauser, Lauren E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; TRAINING; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33748469379     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000215980.21158.a2     Document Type: Article

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