The robustness of hearing aid microphone preferences in everyday listening environments

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 358-379

  Walden, Brian E ^a   Surr, Rauna K ^a   Cord, Mary T ^a   Grant, Ken W ^a   Summers, Van ^a   Dittberner, Andrew B ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Auditory Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional microphones; Everyday listening environments; Hearing aids; Microphone preference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; AUTOMATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547809868     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18.5.2     Document Type: Article

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