Directional effects on infants and young children in real life: Implications for amplification

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1241-1254

  Ching, Teresa Y C ^a,b   O'Brien, Anna ^a   Dillon, Harvey ^a   Chalupper, Josef ^c   Hartley, Lisa ^a   Hartley, David ^a   Raicevich, George ^a   Hain, Jens ^d  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b HEARing Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH (Siemens Hearing Instruments)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directional microphones; Hearing aids; Infants; Naturalistic settings; Pediatric amplification; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 70349452120     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0261)     Document Type: Article

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