Recording and classification of the acoustic environment of hearing aid users

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-370

  Wagener, Kirsten Carola ^a   Hansen, Martin ^b   Ludvigsen, Carl ^c  

^a Hoerzentrum Oldenburg GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES EMDEN LEER   (Germany)

^c Widex A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic environment; Classification; Hearing aids; Level distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GLASGOW HEARING AID BENEFIT PROFILE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT;

EID: 50849118185     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.4.7     Document Type: Article

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