Speech recognition with varying numbers and types of competing talkers by normal-hearing, cochlear-implant, and implant simulation subjects

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 450-461

  Cullington, Helen E ^a   Zeng, Fan Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

COCHLEAR IMPLANT; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY; SPEECH RECEPTION; SYLLABIC RATE; TEMPORAL MODULATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STEADY STATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 37849026992     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2805617     Document Type: Article

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