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Guideline-Based Strategies in the Surgical Treatment of Female Urinary Incontinence: The New Gold Standard is Almost the Same as the Old One by Viereck, V, Bader, W, Lobodasch, K, Pauli, F, Bentler, R, Kölbl, H

“…The modern sling procedures for treating female stress urinary incontinence encompass numerous methods, materials and manufacturers. On the basis of the…”
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Optimal Outcome Measures, Research Priorities, and International Cooperation by Cox, Robyn, Hyde, Martyn, Gatehouse, Stuart, Noble, William, Dillon, Harvey, Bentler, Ruth, Stephens, Dafydd, Arlinger, Stig, Beck, Lucille, Wilkerson, Deborah, Kramer, Sophia, Kricos, Patricia, Gagné, Jean-Pierre, Bess, Fred, Hallberg, and Lillemor

“…The participants in the Eriksholm Workshop on “Measuring Outcomes in Audiological Rehabilitation Using Hearing Aids” debated three issues that are reported in…”
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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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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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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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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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Real-world effectiveness of directional microphone hearing aids by Bentler, Ruth

“…Single, dual, triple, and array microphone designs that are static, automatic and/or adaptive are now available in marketed hearing aids. The cost of designing…”
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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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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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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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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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Verification: Issues and Implementation by Bentler, Ruth, Niebuhr, Diane

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Measurement of hearing aid internal noise by Lewis, James D, Goodman, Shawn S, Bentler, Ruth A

“…Hearing aid equivalent input noise (EIN) measures assume the primary source of internal noise to be located prior to amplification and to be constant…”
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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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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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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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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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