Exploring the benefits of bilateral cochlear implants

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 234-246

  Van Hoesel, Richard J M ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilateral cochlear implants; Psychophysics; Speech

Indexed keywords

COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042640698     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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