Working memory training for adult hearing aid users: Study protocol for a double-blind randomized active controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Henshaw, Helen ^a   Ferguson, Melanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive training; Hearing aid; Hearing loss; Speech intelligibility; Speech perception; Working memory; Working memory training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHONEME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRAINING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ATTENTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84889008381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-417     Document Type: Article

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