Open-canal fittings: Ten take-home tips

Hearing Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 24-39

  Gustav Mueller, H ^a   Ricketts, Todd A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; CONSUMER; ESTHETICS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH FREQUENCY GAIN; NOISE REDUCTION; OCCLUSION; OPEN CANAL HEARING AID; REVIEW; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33845372360     PISSN: 07457472     EISSN: 15425991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000286216.61469.eb     Document Type: Article

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