Sound localization acuity in children with unilateral hearing loss who wear a hearing aid in the impaired ear

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 522-534

  Johnstone, Patti M ^a   Nábělek, Anna K ^a   Robertson, Velma S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78549265461     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.21.8.4     Document Type: Article

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