Speech recognition in noise in children with cochlear implants while listening in bilateral, bimodal, and FM-system arrangements

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-126

  Schafer, Erin C ^a,b   Thibodeau, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Bimodal; Cochlear implant; Frequency modulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOISE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 34547785925     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2006/015)     Document Type: Article

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