Effects of stimulus level on speech perception with cochlear prostheses

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-59

  Franck, Kevin H ^a,b   Xu, Li ^a,c   Pfingst, Bryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory prosthesis; Cochlear implant; Electrode configuration; Human; Speech perception; Stimulus level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037347339     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-002-2047-5     Document Type: Article

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