Hearing-aid users' voices: A factor that could affect directional benefit

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 789-794

  Wu, Yu Hsiang ^a   Stangl, Elizabeth ^a   Bentler, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional microphone; Hearing aid; Voice

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY; VOICE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84885606741     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.802381     Document Type: Article

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