Cochlear implants: A remarkable past and a brilliant future

Hearing Research

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-21

  Wilson, Blake S ^a   Dorman, Michael F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory prosthesis; Cochlear implant; Cortical plasticity; Deafness; Electrical stimulation; Hearing; Neural prosthesis; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPREHENSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; WORKPLACE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 48449088731     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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