The recognition of vowels produced by men, women, boys, and girls by cochlear implant patients using a six-channel CIS processor

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1141-1149

  Loizou, Philipos C ^a   Dorman, Michael F ^b,c   Powell, Verelle ^b  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOWEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031951965     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.421248     Document Type: Article

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