Changes in vowel quality in post-lingually deafened cochlear implant users

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 279-297

  Langereis, Margreet C ^a   Bosman, Arjan J ^a,b   van Olphen, Adriaan F ^a   Smoorenburg, Guido F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Deafness; Vowel production

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHONETICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TIME; VOWEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030870471     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099709071980     Document Type: Article

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