The effect of Gaussian noise on the threshold, dynamic range, and loudness of analogue cochlear implant stimuli

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-53

  Morse, Robert P ^a,b,f   Morse, Peter F ^c   Nunn, Terry B ^d   Archer, Karen A M ^d   Boyle, Patrick ^e  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Advanced Bionics UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Loudness; Noise; Stochastic resonance; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; NERVE FIBER; NOISE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH;

EID: 33846813825     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-006-0064-5     Document Type: Article

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