Subjective and objective outcomes from new BiCROS technology in a veteran sample

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 789-806

  Williams, Victoria A ^a,b   McArdle, Rachel A ^a,b   Chisolm, Theresa H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing aids; Hearing loss; Single sided deafness; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL CONTRALATERAL ROUTING OF SIGNAL DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING SCALE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 84870201677     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.10.5     Document Type: Article

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