Temporal resolution with a prescriptive fitting formula

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-225

  Brennan, Marc A ^a   Gallun, Frederick J ^b,c   Souza, Pamela E ^d   Stecker, G Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research   (United States)

^c Medical Center   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults with hearing loss; Amplification or hearing aids; Psychoacoustics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883323916     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2013/13-0001)     Document Type: Article

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