Preliminary comparison of bone-anchored hearing instruments and a dental device as treatments for unilateral hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 678-686

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Popelka, Gerald R ^b  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone conduction; Bone anchored hearing device; Single sided deafness; Sound localization; Speech perception; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884243107     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.809483     Document Type: Article

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