An evaluation of the BKB-SIN, HINT, QuickSIN, and WIN materials on listeners with normal hearing and listeners with hearing loss

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 844-856

  Wilson, Richard H ^a,b   McArdle, Rachel A ^a,c   Smith, Sherri L ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Hearing loss; Speech perception; Word recognition in multitalker babble

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAMFORD KOWAL BENCH SPEECH IN NOISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IN NOISE TEST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; QUICK SPEECH IN NOISE TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORDS IN NOISE TEST; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; NOISE; PSYCHOMETRY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548593968     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/059)     Document Type: Article

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