Binaural sensitivity as a function of interaural electrode position with a bilateral cochlear implant user

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1565-1574

  Long, Christopher J ^a,b,e   Eddington, Donald K ^a,b   Colburn, H Steven ^c   Rabinowitz, William M ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d Bose Corporation   (United States)

^e MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

TIME-DELAY CUES;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS;

AGED; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 0043193938     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1603765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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