Acceptable noise level: Repeatability with Danish and non-semantic speech materials for adults with normal hearing

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 557-563

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

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Acceptable noise level; Danish; International speech test signal; Normal hearing; Repeatability; Test retest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862174670     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.666362     Document Type: Article

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