Use of a single channel dedicated to conveying enhanced temporal periodicity cues in cochlear implants: Effects on prosodic perception and vowel identification

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 244-253

  Hamilton, Nicholas ^a   Green, Tim ^a   Faulkner, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Continuous interleaved sampling; Voice pitch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE; VOWEL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PHONETICS; PITCH PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34248545250     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020601053340     Document Type: Article

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