Effects of hearing aid fitting on the perceptual characteristics of tinnitus

Hearing Research

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 82-91

  Moffat, G ^a   Adjout, K ^b,d,e   Gallego, S ^c   Thai Van, H ^b,c,d,e   Collet, L ^b,c,d,e   Norena A J ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Institut Federatif des Neurosciences de Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Hearing aid; Neural plasticity; Tinnitus; Tinnitus pitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; TINNITUS;

EID: 67649770227     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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