Studies of prosody perception by cochlear implant patients

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-245

  Richardson, Louise M ^a   Busby, Peter A ^a   Blarney, Peter J ^a   Clark, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Prosody; Psychophysics; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PULSE RATE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME;

AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031718720     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099809072977     Document Type: Article

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