Audibility and speech perception of children using wide dynamic range compression hearing aids

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-153

  Davidson, Lisa S ^a   Skinner, Margaret W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital hearing aids; Minimum audibility; Severe to profound hearing loss; Speech perception; Wide dynamic range compression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 39049179134     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2006/018)     Document Type: Article

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