Tolerable hearing aid delays. V. Estimation of limits for open canal fittings

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 601-617

  Stone, Michael A ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a   Meisenbacher, Katrin ^a   Derleth, Ralph P ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b Phonak AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; ARTIFACT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPERACUSIS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 54049156502     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181734ef2     Document Type: Article

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