Effects of limiting the number of active electrodes on mandarin tone perception in young children using cochlear implants

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1149-1154

  Liu, Tien Chen ^a,b   Chen, Hsiao Ping ^b,d   Lin, Hung Ching ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Children's Hearing Foundation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Mandarin tone perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 11144227946     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410017846     Document Type: Article

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