Most comfortable listening levels, background noise levels, and acceptable noise levels for children and adults with normal hearing

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 286-293

  Moore, Robert ^a   Gordon Hickey, Susan ^a   Jones, Alisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable noise level; Background noise level; Most comfortable listening level

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE NOISE LEVEL; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BACKGROUND NOISE LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOST COMFORTABLE LISTENING LEVEL; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND INTENSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING; HUMANS; NOISE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960539596     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.5.5     Document Type: Article

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