Amplification Considerations for Children With Minimal or Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss and Unilateral Hearing Loss

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-54

  McKay, Sarah ^a   Gravel, Judith S ^a   Tharpe, Anne Marie ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

children; hearing aids; mild bilateral hearing loss; minimal hearing loss; unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; BINAURAL HEARING; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRALATERAL ROUTING OF SIGNAL HEARING AID; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 38849134894     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: 19405588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713807313570     Document Type: Article

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