The effect of hearing aid technologies on listening in an automobile

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 474-485

  Wu, Yu Hsiang ^a   Stangl, Elizabeth ^a   Bentler, Ruth A ^a   Stanziola, Rachel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile; Directional microphone; Hearing aid; Wireless technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MICROPHONE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAVEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMOBILES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84882962616     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.24.6.4     Document Type: Article

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