Effects of digital noise reduction on speech perception for children with hearing loss

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-355

  Stelmachowicz, Patricia ^a   Lewis, Dawna ^a   Hoover, Brenda ^a   Nishi, Kanae ^a   McCreery, Ryan ^a   Woods, William ^b  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Starkey Corporation (Hearing Research Center)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NOISE; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 77951963298     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181cda9ce     Document Type: Article

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