Hearing-aid safety: A comparison of estimated threshold shifts for gains recommended by NAL-NL2 and DSL m[i/o] prescriptions for children

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 52, Issue S2, 2013, Pages

  Ching, Teresa Y C ^a,b   Johnson, Earl E ^c,d   Seeto, Mark ^a,b   Macrae, John H ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b HEARing CRC   (Australia)

^c James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; DSLm i o ; Hearing aid prescription; Hearing aid safety; NAL NL2; Threshold shift

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INFANT; NOISE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84891119835     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.847976     Document Type: Article

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