Acceptable noise level with Danish, Swedish, and non-semantic speech materials

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 146-156

  Brännström, K Jonas ^a,b,d   Lantz, Johannes ^d   Nielsen, Lars Holme ^c   Olsen, Steen Østergaard ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d Network for Joint Hearing Research in the Oresunds Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acceptable noise level; Danish; International speech test signal; Normal hearing; Swedish

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857223410     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.609183     Document Type: Article

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