A comparison of vowel production by children with multichannel cochlear implants or tactile aids: Perceptual evidence

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-315

  Ertmer, David J ^a,b   Kirk, Karen Iler ^a   Sehgal, Susan Todd ^a   Riley, Allyson I ^a   Osberger, Mary Joe ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RELIABILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TOUCH;

EID: 0030777171     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199708000-00005     Document Type: Article

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