Tone production in mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants: A preliminary study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-367

  Xu, Li ^a   Li, Yongxin ^b   Hao, Jianping ^a   Chen, Xiuwu ^b   Xue, Steve A ^a   Han, Demin ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cochlear prosthesis; Pitch; Tone language

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 2942733698     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410016351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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