Effect of electrode configuration on psychophysical forward masking in cochlear implant listeners

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2994-3002

  Kwon, Bom Jun ^a   Van Den Honert, Chris ^a  

^a Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

BIPOLAR STIMULATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANT LISTENERS; CURRENT FLOW; MONOPOLAR STIMULATION;

SPEECH CODING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING;

EID: 33646462467     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2184128     Document Type: Article

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