The value of routine real ear measurement of the gain of digital hearing aids

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 653-664

  Aazh, Hashir ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^b  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital hearing aid; Pure tone average; Real ear insertion gain; Real ear unaided gain; Slope of audiogram

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 41449117026     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18.8.3     Document Type: Article

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