The contribution of a frequency-compression hearing aid to contralateral cochlear implant performance

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-120

  Perreau, Ann E ^a,b   Bentler, Ruth A ^b   Tyler, Richard S ^b,c  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Frequency compression; Frequency lowering; Hearing aid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONSONANT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY COMPRESSION HEARING AID; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUDENT T TEST; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874818009     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.2.4     Document Type: Article

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