The effect of frequency-dependent microphone directionality on horizontal localization performance in hearing-aid users

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 789-803

  Keidser, Gitte ^a   O'Brien, Anna ^a   Hain, Jens Uwe ^b   McLelland, Margot ^a   Yeend, Ingrid ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavioral measures; Hearing aid; Instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROPHONE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 71449091677     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903036357     Document Type: Article

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