Intelligibility of vowels produced by post-lingually deafened cochlear implant users

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 206-224

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Deafness; Vowel intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOWEL;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0032792515     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00206099909073025     Document Type: Article

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