Development of the ORCA nonsense syllable test

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 779-795

  Kuk, Francis ^a   Lau, Chi Chuen ^a   Korhonen, Petri ^a   Crose, Bryan ^a   Peeters, Heidi ^a   Keenan, Denise ^a  

^a Widex Hearing Aid Company   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SOFTWARE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649318356     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181e97bfb     Document Type: Article

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