Sentence intelligibility in noise for listeners with normal hearing and hearing impairment: Influence of measurement procedure and masking parameters La inteligibilidad de frases en silencio para sujetos con audición normal y con hipoacusia: la influencia del procedimiento de medición y de los parámetros de enmascaramiento

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