Dead regions in the cochlea: Implications for speech recognition and applicability of articulation index theory

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 249-261

  Vestergaard, Martin D ^a,b  

^a OTICON A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Articulation additivity; Cochlear dead region; Off frequency listening; Speech intelligibility index SII; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0242643430     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020309078344     Document Type: Article

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