Improvements in speech perception by children with profound prelingual hearing loss: Effects of device, communication mode, and chronological age

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 846-858

  Meyer, Ted A ^a,b   Svirsky, Mario A ^a   Kirk, Karen I ^a   Miyamoto, Richard T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Hearing aids; Profound prelingual hearing loss; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031821879     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4104.846     Document Type: Article

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