Amplitude-mapping effects on speech intelligibility with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implants

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-388

  Van Hoesel, Richard ^a,c   Böhm, Melanie ^b   Battmer, Rolf D ^b   Beckschebe, Jens ^b   Lenarz, Thomas ^b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c CRC HEAR   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EAR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MONAURAL HEARING; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 28844493238     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-200508000-00002     Document Type: Article

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