Differences between speech-shaped test stimuli in analyzing systems and the effect on measured hearing aid gain

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-440

  Keidser, Gitte ^a   Dillon, Harvey ^a   Convery, Elizabeth ^a   O'Brien, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHONETICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 77951948257     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181ce695d     Document Type: Article

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