Benefits of low-frequency attenuation of baha® in single-sided sensorineural deafness

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-45

  Pfiffner, Flurin ^a   Kompis, Martin ^a   Flynn, Mark ^b   Åsnes, Kristian ^b   Arnold, Andreas ^a   Stieger, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651379973     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181ecd002     Document Type: Article

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