Speech Processors for Cochlear Prostheses

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1143-1154

  Wilson, Blake S ^a   Finley, Charles C ^a   Lawson, Dewey T ^a   Wolford, Robert D ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPEECH--PROCESSING;

COCHLEAR PROSTHESES; IMPLANT PSYCHOPHYSICS; NERVE SURVIVAL CONDITIONS; SPEECH PROCESSORS;

HEARING AIDS;

COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPEECH PROCESSOR;

EID: 0024076499     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.9660     Document Type: Article

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