Acoustic characteristics of the speech of young cochlear implant users: A comparison with normal-hearing age-mates

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Uchanski, Rosalie M ^a   Geers, Ann E ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMITATION; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOUND; SPECTRUM; SPEECH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOICE; VOWEL;

EID: 0037329023     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000051744.24290.c1     Document Type: Article

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