Speech recognition and comfort using hearing instruments with adaptive directional characteristics in asymmetric listening conditions

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 669-679

  Mackenzie, Emma ^a   Lutman, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH TO NOISE RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748631838     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000188185.78217.c5     Document Type: Article

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