Spectro-temporal characteristics of speech at high frequencies, and the potential for restoration of audibility to people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 907-922

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Stone, Michael A ^a   Füllgrabe, Christian ^a   Glasberg, Brian R ^a   Puria, Sunil ^b,c  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b EarLens Corp   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; HEARING; HEARING AID; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849113461     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31818246f6     Document Type: Article

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