Determination of preferred parameters for multichannel compression using individually fitted simulated hearing aids and paired comparisons

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 556-568

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Füllgrabe, Christian ^a,b   Stone, Michael A ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 80052509631     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31820b5f4c     Document Type: Article

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