The effect of reduced dynamic range on speech understanding: Implications for patients with cochlear implants

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-31

  Loizou, Philipos C ^a   Dorman, Michael ^b,c   Fitzke, Jeanette ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPRESSION; CONSONANT; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOWEL;

EID: 0034000807     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200002000-00006     Document Type: Article

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