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SUBMITTER: Hung YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5456089 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hung Yu-Chen YC Lee Ya-Jung YJ Tsai Li-Chiun LC
PloS one 20170602 6
In contrast with previous research focusing on cochlear implants, this study examined the speech performance of hearing aid users with conductive (n = 11), mixed (n = 10), and sensorineural hearing loss (n = 7) and compared it with the speech of hearing control. Speech intelligibility was evaluated by computing the vowel space area defined by the Mandarin Chinese corner vowels /a, u, i/. The acoustic differences between the vowels were assessed using the Euclidean distance. The results revealed ...[more]