Children's speech recognition and loudness perception with the desired sensation level v5 Quiet and Noise prescriptions

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-162

  Crukley, Jeffery ^a   Scollie, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplification or hearing aids; Children; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871482096     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0002)     Document Type: Article

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