Effects of stimulus level on the speech perception abilities of children using cochlear implants or digital hearing aids

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 493-507

  Davidson, Lisa S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748525866     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000234635.48564.ce     Document Type: Article

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