Exploring the limits of frequency lowering

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1349-1363

  Souza, Pamela E ^a   Arehart, Kathryn H ^b   Kates, James M ^b   Croghan, Naomi B H ^b   Gehani, Namita ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification or hearing aids; Frequency lowering; Hearing; Hearing loss; Intelligibility; Noise; Quality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFICATION OR HEARING AIDS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FREQUENCY LOWERING; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGIBILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AMPLIFICATION OR HEARING AIDS; FREQUENCY LOWERING; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; INTELLIGIBILITY; NOISE; QUALITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 84886671612     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0151)     Document Type: Article

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