Hearing-in-noise: Comparison of listeners with normal and (Aided) impaired hearing

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 216-225

  Bentler, Ruth A ^a   Palmer, Catherine ^b   Dittberner, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional microphones; Hearing aids; HINT test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE;

EID: 4344580708     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.15.3.4     Document Type: Article

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