On the structure of phoneme categories in listeners with cochlear implants

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-14

  Lane, Harlan ^a,b   Denny, Margaret ^a   Guenther, Frank H ^a,c   Hanson, Helen M ^a   Marrone, Nicole ^c   Matthies, Melanie L ^c   Perkell, Joseph S ^c   Stockmann, Ellen ^a   Tiede, Mark ^a   Vick, Jennell ^a,d   Zandipour, Majid ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Hearing loss; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONEME; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOWEL; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHONETICS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247881924     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/001)     Document Type: Article

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