Children with minimal conductive hearing impairment: Speech comprehension in noise

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Keogh, Tegan ^a   Kei, Joseph ^a   Driscoll, Carlie ^a   Khan, Asaduzzaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment, children; Minimal conductive hearing impairment; Speech comprehension, noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NOISE; OTOSCOPY; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; OTOSCOPY; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PREVALENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 65649092693     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218360     Document Type: Article

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