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Hearing aid saturation and aided loudness discomfort

Fortune et al., 1992

Document ID
8458495552615971230
Author
Fortune T
Preves D
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

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Clinical measurements of the loudness discomfort level (LDL) are generally performed while the subject listens to a particular stimulus presented from an audiometer through headphones (AUD-HP). The assumption in clinical practice has been that the sound …
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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