Tinnitus pitch, masking, and the effectiveness of hearing aids for tinnitus therapy

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 914-919

  McNeill, Celene ^a   Távora Vieira, Dayse ^b,f   Alnafjan, Fadwa ^c   Searchfield, Grant D ^d,e   Welch, David ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Medical Audiology Services   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e Tinnitus Research Initiative   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Masking; Pitch match; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869427334     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.721934     Document Type: Article

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