Tailoring auditory training to patient needs with single and multiple talkers: Transfer-appropriate gains on a four-choice discrimination test

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 802-808

  Barcroft, Joe ^a   Sommers, Mitchell S ^a   Tye Murray, Nancy ^b   Mauzé, Elizabeth ^b   Schroy, Catherine ^b   Spehar, Brent ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory training; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054075548     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.599868     Document Type: Article

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