An objective measure for selecting microphone modes in OMNI/DIR hearing aid circuits

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-213

  Grant, Ken W ^a   Elhilali, Mounya ^b   Shamma, Shihab A ^b   Walden, Brian E ^a   Surr, Rauna K ^a   Cord, Mary T ^a   Summers, Van ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AID; MICROPHONE; PREDICTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NOISE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 43149083479     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318164531f     Document Type: Article

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