Understanding excessive SNR loss in hearing-impaired listeners

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 258-273

  Grant, Ken W ^a   Walden, Therese C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Prediction; Sensorineural; SNR loss; Spectral resolution; Suprathreshold; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878286687     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.4.3     Document Type: Article

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