Noise improves suprathreshold discrimination in cochlear-implant listeners

Hearing Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 91-93

  Behnam, Shahdad E ^a   Zeng, Fan Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Harmonic complex; Noise; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOWEL;

EID: 0345255910     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(03)00307-1     Document Type: Article

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