Reorganization of the Adult Auditory System: Perceptual and Physiological Evidence From Monaural Fitting of Hearing Aids

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 254-271

  Munro, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acclimatization; auditory deprivation; hearing aids; plasticity; reorganization

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOUDNESS; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 49349103883     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713808323483     Document Type: Article

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