A Randomized Control Trial: Supplementing Hearing Aid Use with Listening and Communication Enhancement (LACE) Auditory Training

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 381-396

  Saunders, Gabrielle H ^a,b   Smith, Sherri L ^c,d   Chisolm, Theresa H ^e   Frederick, Melissa T ^a   McArdle, Rachel A ^c   Wilson, Richard H ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Auditory training; Hearing; Hearing aids; Hearing rehabilitation; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84959147570     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000283     Document Type: Article

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