Determining perceived sound quality in a simulated hearing aid using the international speech test signal

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-535

  Arehart, Kathryn H ^a   Kates, James M ^a,b   Anderson, Melinda C ^a   Moats, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GN ReSound Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959817981     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31820c81cb     Document Type: Article

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