Preferred low- and high-frequency compression ratios among hearing aid users with moderately severe to profound hearing loss

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-33

  Keidser, Gitte ^a   Dillon, Harvey ^a   Drylund, Ole ^b   Carter, Lyndal ^a   Hartley, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b GN ReSound ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplification; Compression ratios; Field evaluation; Hearing aids; Profound hearing loss; Wide dynamic range compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846509379     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18.1.3     Document Type: Article

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