A comparison of three approaches to verifying aided Baha output

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-295

  Hodgetts, William E ^a,b   Hkansson, Bo E V ^c   Hagler, Paul ^a   Soli, Sigfrid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Health Services Covenant Health University of Alberta   (Canada)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Aided soundfield thresholds; Audibility; Baha; Bone conduction; LTASS; Real ear; SPLogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949683229     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020903142676     Document Type: Article

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