Frequency-compression outcomes in listeners with steeply sloping audiograms

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 619-629

  Simpson, Andrea ^a,c   Hersbach, Adam A ^a,b   McDermott, Hugh J ^a,c  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frequency compression; Hearing aid users; Hearing impairment; Steeply sloping hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33751576427     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600825508     Document Type: Article

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