Solutions to electromagnetic interference problems between cochlear implants and GSM phones

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-108

  Sorri, Martti J ^a   Piiparinen, Peeta J ^b   Huttunen, Kerttu H ^a   Haho, Mikko J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Electromagnetic compatibility; Hearing impairment; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

CELLULAR PHONE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; MOBILE PHONE;

SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; TELEPHONE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CELLULAR PHONE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644977870     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2006.870497     Document Type: Article

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