Acceptable noise level: Reliability measures and comparison to preference for background sounds

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 640-648

  Freyaldenhoven, Melinda C ^a   Smiley, Donna Fisher ^b   Muenchen, Robert A ^c   Konrad, Tiffany N ^d  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d RehabCare   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable noise level; Preference for background sound noise; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE NOISE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750186080     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.17.9.3     Document Type: Article

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