A comparison of CIC and BTE hearing aids for three-dimensional localization of speech

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 723-732

  Best, Virginia ^a   Kalluri, Sridhar ^b   McLachlan, Sara ^c   Valentine, Susie ^b   Edwards, Brent ^b   Carlile, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Starkey Hearing Research Center   (United States)

^c Starkey Laboratories Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Sensorineural hearing loss; Spectral cues; Speech localization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH;

EID: 77957604350     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.484827     Document Type: Article

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