An overview of binaural advantages for children and adults who use binaural/bimodal hearing devices

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 6-11

  Ching, Teresa Y C ^a   Incerti, Paula ^a   Hill, Mandy ^a   Van Wanrooy, Emma ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimodal hearing; Binaural hearing; Cochlear implants; Hearing aids; Sound localization; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CHILD; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; NOISE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750352513     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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