Cochlear dead regions in typical hearing aid candidates: Prevalence and implications for use of high-frequency speech cues

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-348

  Cox, Robyn M ^a   Alexander, Genevieve C ^a,b   Johnson, Jani ^a   Rivera, Izel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CUES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; PITCH PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955536359     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318202e982     Document Type: Article

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