Intensity discrimination and increment detection in cochlear-implant users

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 396-407

  Wojtczak, Magdalena ^a   Donaldson, Gail S ^a   Viemeister, Neal F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUDITION; CELLS;

INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ACOUSTICS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION;

ACOUSTICS; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTINUOUS INTENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRINGE INTENSITY; GATED INTENSITY; HEARING; HUMAN; INTENSITY DIFFERENCE LIMENS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0037828366     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1579007     Document Type: Article

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