Analysis of ceiling effects occurring with speech recognition tests in adult cochlear-implanted patients

ORL

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 130-135

  Helms, Jan ^a   Weichbold, Viktor ^d,f   Baumann, Uwe ^b   Von Specht, Hellmut ^c   Schön, Franz ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a   Esser, Barbara ^b   Ziese, Michael ^c   Anderson, Ilona ^e   D'Haese, Patrick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Universitats HNO Klinik Innsbruck   (Austria)

^e MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ceiling effect; Cochlear implant; COMBI 40+; Long term study; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444261740     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079332     Document Type: Article

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