Sound source localization using hearing aids with microphones placed behind-the-ear, in-the-canal, and in-the-pinna

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-176

  Van Den Bogaert, Tim ^a   Carette, Evelyne ^a   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binaural; Elevation; Front back; Hearing aids; Horizontal; Localization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL EAR; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; TRANSDUCER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EAR; EAR AURICLE; EAR CANAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79952084794     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.537376     Document Type: Article

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