Over-the-counter hearing AIDS: A lost decade for change

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chan, Zoe Yee Ting ^a   McPherson, Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE ECONOMICS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NOISE; OVER THE COUNTER DEVICE; PRESBYACUSIS; PRESCRIPTION; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; EAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYCUSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; EAR; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESBYCUSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84947080990     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/827463     Document Type: Article

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