Acceptable noise level as a predictor of hearing aid use.
Acceptable noise level (ANL) measures a listener's reaction to background noise while listening to speech. Relations among hearing aid use and ANL, speech in noise (SPIN) scores, and listener characteristics (age, gender, pure-tone average) were investigated in 191 listeners with hearing impairment....
| Published in: | Journal of the American Academy of Audiology Vol. 17; no. 9; pp. 626 - 640 |
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| Format: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Thieme Medical Publishing Inc.
Oct2006
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