Are two ears not better than one?

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-181

  McArdle, Rachel A ^a,b   Killion, Mead ^c   Mennite, Monica A ^d   Chisolm, Theresa H ^a,b  

^a Bay Pines VA HCS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Etymotic Research Inc   (United States)

^d Albany ENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858951486     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.3.4     Document Type: Article

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