Using transposition to improve consonant discrimination and detection for listeners with severe high-frequency hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 293-308

  Robinson, Joanna D ^a,b   Baer, Thomas ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consonant recognition; Dead region; Hearing aid; Hearing loss; Transposition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOWEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249705787     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020601188591     Document Type: Article

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