The effects of speech presentation level on acceptance of noise in listeners with normal and impaired hearing

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 878-885

  Freyaldenhoven, Melinda C ^a   Plyler, Patrick N ^b   Thelin, James W ^b   Hedrick, Mark S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable noise level; Acceptance of noise; Effect of speech presentation level; Hearing sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE OF NOISE IN LISTENER; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH; AGED; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548560348     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/062)     Document Type: Article

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