Speech perception benefits of internet versus conventional telephony for hearing-impaired individuals

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mantokoudis, Georgios ^a   Dubach, Patrick ^a   Pfiffner, Flurin ^a   Kompis, Martin ^a   Caversaccio, Marco ^a   Senn, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication; Hearing impaired; Internet telephony; VoIP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871678127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1818     Document Type: Article

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