Using trainable hearing aids to examine real-world preferred gain

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 758-773

  Mueller, H Gustav ^a,c   Hornsby, Benjamin W Y ^a   Weber, Jennifer E ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; NAL NL1; Preferred gain; Trainable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349153902     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.10.4     Document Type: Article

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