Speech reception thresholds in noise and self-reported hearing disability in a general adult population

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 538-549

  Smits, Cas ^a   Kramer, Sophia E ^a   Houtgast, Tammo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748540078     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000233917.72551.cf     Document Type: Article

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