3つの一般的に使用される補聴器回路の有効性:クロスオーバー試験. NIDCD/VA 助聴器臨床試験グループ

V D Larson1, D W Williams, W G Henderson

  • 1Howard Leight Industries, 7828 Waterville Rd, San Diego, CA 92154, USA. vlarson@howardleight.com

JAMA
|October 12, 2000
PubMed
まとめ

この研究では,3つの補聴器回路がすべて,音声認識を改善し,感覚神経聴力障害のコミュニケーションの困難を軽減することを発見しました. 圧縮制限器 (CL) とワイドダイナミックレンジコンプレッサー (WDRC) の回路は,線形ピーククリッパー (PC) の回路よりも優れた利点を提供しました.

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