Preliminary evaluation of a method for fitting hearing aids with extended bandwidth

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 741-753

  Fllgrabe, Christian ^a,b   Baer, Thomas ^a   Stone, Michael A ^a   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Fitting; Hearing aid; High frequency amplification; Sound quality; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955202594     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.495084     Document Type: Article

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