Perceptual "vowel spaces" of cochlear implant users: Implications for the study of auditory adaptation to spectral shift

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5 I, 2001, Pages 2135-2145

  Harnsberger, James D ^a   Svirsky, Mario A ^a,b,c   Kaiser, Adam R ^a,b   Pisoni, David B ^a,b   Wright, Richard ^a,d   Meyer, Ted A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS;

ACOUSTICS;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOWEL;

EID: 0035031525     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1350403     Document Type: Article

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