Speech perception in noise using directional microphones in open-canal hearing aids

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 571-578

  Klemp, Emily J ^a   Dhar, Sumitrajit ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional; Hearing aids; Open canal fitting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; NOISE; OPEN CANAL HEARING AID; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEARING LOSS; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRESBYACUSIS; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRESBYCUSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 63149195073     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.7.7     Document Type: Article

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