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Guidelines for Choosing a Self-Report Outcome Measure by Bentler, Ruth A, Kramer, and Sophia E

“…A table of available self-report inventories used throughout the world is provided with references for obtaining necessary psychometric data for research or…”
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Report of the Eriksholm Workshop on Auditory Deprivation and Acclimatization by Arlinger, S, Gatehouse, S, Bentler, R A, Byrne, D, Cox, R M, Dirks, D D, Humes, L, Neuman, A, Ponton, C, Robinson, K, Silman, S, Summerfield, A Q, Turner, C W, Tyler, R S, Willott, J F

“…The terminology used in studies documenting changes in auditory performance following fitting of hearing aids has been diverse. Definitions for the auditory…”
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A Review of Past Research on Changes in Hearing Aid Benefit over Time by Turner, Christopher W, Humes, Larry E, Bentler, Ruth A, Cox, Robyn M

“…Hearing aid benefit refers to a relative change in performance on a particular measure between aided and unaided listening conditions. A number of studies in…”
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Transfer Functions and Correction Factors Used in Hearing Aid Evaluation and Research by Bentler, Ruth A, Pavlovic, Chaslav V

“…In hearing aid research and application it is often necessary to transform the sound pressure level or acoustic gain measured at one physical point (e.g., 2 cc…”
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List equivalency and test-retest reliability of the Speech in Noise test by Bentler, R A

“…The Speech in Noise (SIN) test consists of a series of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers sentences presented in a background of four-talker…”
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Comparison of discomfort levels obtained with pure tones and multitone complexes by BENTLER, R. A, PAVLOVIC, C. V

“…The relationship between threshold of discomfort (TD) estimates and the number of components in a complex signal has been investigated. The thresholds of…”
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An Examination of Several Characteristics that Affect the Prediction of OSPL90 in Hearing Aids by Bentler, Ruth A, Cooley, Laura J

“…OBJECTIVEInvestigators at the National Acoustic Laboratories have provided a theoretical derivation and e-perimental validation of a formula for setting the…”
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Does hearing aid benefit increase over time? by Turner, C W, Bentler, R A

“…In a recent tutorial for the journal, Palmer et al. [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103, 1705-1721 (1998)] reviewed the literature on the potential for increases in…”
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Thresholds of Discomfort in Young Children by Macpherson, Beth J, Elfenbein, Jill L, Schum, Robert L, Bentler, Ruth A

“…Procedures for obtaining thresholds of discomfort from young children are almost nonexistent. This is likely due to the problems encountered in finding a task…”
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Comparison of Hearing Aids Over the 20th Century by Bentler, Ruth A, Duve, and Monica R

“…OBJECTIVETo measure hearing aid performance using circuitry representative of the major eras of technological advancement during the 20th century. DESIGNTwenty…”
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The effect of test signal type and bandwidth on the categorical scaling of loudness by Ricketts, T A, Bentler, R A

“…Recently several methods for obtaining clinical measures of loudness growth through the use of categorical scaling (CS) have been proposed for the selection of…”
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Effects of mild and moderate hearing impairments on language, educational, and psychosocial behavior of children by Davis, J M, Elfenbein, J, Schum, R, Bentler, R A

“…An extensive psychoeducational evaluation was administered to 40 hearing-impaired children to investigate the effects of degree of hearing impairment, age, and…”
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Longitudinal study of hearing aid effectiveness. II: Subjective measures by Bentler, R A, Niebuhr, D P, Getta, J P, Anderson, C V

“…This report is the second of two detailing a longitudinal follow-up of hearing aid users. The experimental group (N = 65) was followed closely for a 12-month…”
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External ear resonance characteristics in children by Bentler, R A

“…External ear resonance characteristics were determined for 78 children ages 3-13 using an ear canal probe tube microphone system. The average peak resonant…”
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A signal processing scheme for output limitation by Bentler, R A, Pavlovic, C V, Abbas, P J

“…For both normal listeners and mild to moderately sensori-neurally impaired (probable etiology, presbycusis) listeners a summation of discomfort (S) occurs for…”
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Longitudinal study of hearing aid effectiveness. I: Objective measures by Bentler, R A, Niebuhr, D P, Getta, J P, Anderson, C V

“…This report is the first of two detailing a longitudinal follow-up of hearing aid users. Sixty-five subjects were followed for 12 months post-hearing aid…”
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Status of School Childrenʼs Hearing Aids Relative to Monitoring Practices by Elfenbein, Jill L, Bentler, Ruth A, Davis, Julia M, Niebuhr, Diane P

“…Data concerning hearing aid monitoring practices and hearing aid malfunction were collected for three groups of mainstreamed hearing-impaired children248…”
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Identical Deaf Triplets: Audiological, Speech-Language, and Psychological Characteristics by Bentler, Ruth A., Elfenbein, Jill L., Schum, Robert L.

“…A multidisciplinary team at a university speech and hearing clinic had a rare opportunity to closely follow and evaluate identical deaf male triplets from age…”
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Comparison of Two Digital Hearing Aids by Harnack Knebel, Sara B, Bentler, Ruth A

“…OBJECTIVE:The objective of this investigation was to compare real and perceived benefit for two currently marketed digital hearing aids, the Oticon DigiFocus™…”
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Comparison of two digitally programmable hearing aids by Ricketts, T A, Bentler, R A

“…The purpose of this project was to compare the Widex Quattro and the Ensoniq Sound Selector hearing instruments as to benefits (real and perceived) and overall…”
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