the benefits of bilateral versus unilateral amplification for the elderly: Are two always better than one?

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-216

  Henkin, Yael ^a   Waldman, Ayala ^a   Kishon Rabin, Liat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

aging; bilateral unilateral amplification; dichotic listening; hearing aids; speech recognition in noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 34948870889     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2007.18.3.201     Document Type: Article

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