The effect of perimodiolar placement on speech perception and frequency discrimination by cochlear implant users

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-383

  Fitzgerald, Matthew B ^a   Shapiro, William H ^a   McDonald, Paulette D ^b   Neuburger, Heidi S ^c   Ashburn Reed, Sara ^d   Immerman, Sara ^a   Jethanamest, Daniel ^a   Roland, J Thomas ^a   Svirsky, Mario A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34147173357     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701258671     Document Type: Article

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