Comparison of speech discrimination in noise and directional hearing with 2 different sound processors of a bone-anchored hearing system in adults with unilateral severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1064-1070

  Wesarg, Thomas ^a   Aschendorff, Antje ^a   Laszig, Roland ^a   Beck, Rainer ^a   Schild, Christian ^a   Hassepass, Frederike ^a   Kroeger, Stefanie ^a   Hocke, Thomas ^b   Arndt, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Research and Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

BAHA BP100; BAHA Intenso; Bone anchored hearing systems; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE ANCHOR; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TEST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUTURE ANCHORS;

EID: 84881359388     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31828bb781     Document Type: Article

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