Interactions between cognition, compression, and listening conditions: Effects on speech-in-noise performance in a two-channel hearing aid

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 604-617

  Lunner, Thomas ^a,b   Sundewall Thorén, Elisabet ^a  

^a OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Fast acting compression; Modulated noise; Pure tone audiogram; Slow acting compression; Speech recognition in noise; Unmodulated noise; Visual letter monitoring score; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STEADY STATE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COGNITION; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; NOISE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35848951797     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18.7.7     Document Type: Article

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