Use of linear frequency transposition in simulated hearing loss

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 639-650

  Korhonen, Petri ^a   Kuk, Francis ^a  

^a Widex Office of Research in Clinical Amplification   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency transposition; Hearing aids; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349123091     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.8.7     Document Type: Article

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