A review of bimodal binaural hearing systems and fitting

Acoustics Australia

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Blarney, Peter John ^a,b   Saunders, Elaine ^a  

^a Dynamic Hearing Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINAURAL HEARINGS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; HEARING LOSS; SIGNAL TO NOISE;

AUDITION; HEARING AIDS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 59149091404     PISSN: 08146039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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