Sentence recognition in noise: Variables in compilation and interpretation of tests

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 743-757

  Theunissen, Marianne ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a   Hanekom, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hearing in noise; Sentence recognition; Speech audiometry; Speech perception; Speech recognition in noise

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FUNCTION TEST; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; NOISE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEARING; HUMANS; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 71449102074     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903082088     Document Type: Review

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