Efficacy of a reverse cardioid directional microphone

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-73

  Kuk, Francis ^a   Keenan, Denise ^a  

^a Widex Office of Research in Clinical Amplification   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional microphone; Reverse cardioid microphone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FRONT HYPERCARDIOID DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE; HUMAN; MICROPHONE; OMNIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE CARDIOID DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84856564592     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.1.7     Document Type: Article

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