Cochlear implant speech processor placement and compression effects on sound sensitivity and interaural level difference

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-140

  Ricketts, Todd ^a,c   Grantham, D Wesley ^a   D'Haese, Patrick ^b   Edwards, Jason ^b   Barcot, Amy ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Interaural level difference; Localization; Microphone location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROPHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33747440412     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.17.2.5     Document Type: Article

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