Evaluation of the CAMEQ2-HF method for fitting hearing aids with multichannel amplitude compression

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-666

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Füllgrabe, Christian ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSTHESIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956448046     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181e1cd0d     Document Type: Article

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