Evaluation of a transient noise reduction strategy for hearing aids

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 606-615

  Liu, HaiHong ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Hua ^a,b,c,d   Bentler, Ruth A ^e   Han, Demin ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Luo ^a,b,c,d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital noise reduction; Hearing aid; Hearing impairment; Loudness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND PRESSURE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866460053     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.8.4     Document Type: Article

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