Using the speech understanding in noise (SUN) test for adult hearing screening

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 171-174

  Paglialonga, Alessia ^a   Grandori, Ferdinando ^a   Tognola, Gabriella ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; Aging; Hearing; Screening; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DEVICES; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADULTS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; METHODOLOGY; SCREENING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULTS; AGING; HEARING; SCREENING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879444715     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2012/12-0055)     Document Type: Article

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