Impact of visual cues on directional benefit and preference: Part I-laboratory tests

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-34

  Wu, Yu Hsiang ^a   Bentler, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LIP READING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSTHESIS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CUES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LIPREADING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOFTWARE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149119799     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181bc767e     Document Type: Article

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