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The focus on gain and targets has obscured the most important part of the real-ear measurement-audibility. The topic of audibility is familiar; after all, a primary goal of fitting hearing aids is restoring the audibility of average speech. Yet audibility is not a commonly observed metric in many cl...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Audiology Today Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 26 - 31
Main Author: Galster, Jason A.
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Academy of Audiology Mar/Apr2011
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:The focus on gain and targets has obscured the most important part of the real-ear measurement-audibility. The topic of audibility is familiar; after all, a primary goal of fitting hearing aids is restoring the audibility of average speech. Yet audibility is not a commonly observed metric in many clinics today.