Bilateral cochlear implants in children: Binaural unmasking

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-247

  Van Deun, Lieselot ^a,h   Van Wieringen, Astrid ^a   Francart, Tom ^a   Scherf, Fanny ^c   Dhooge, Ingeborg J ^d   Deggouj, Naïma ^e   Desloovere, Christian ^b   Van De Heyning, Paul H ^c   Offeciers, F Erwin ^f   De Raeve, Leo ^g   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^f ENT Department   (Belgium)

^g CORA CI ^*  (Belgium)

^h KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binaural squelch; Children; Cochlear implant; Interaural cues; Masking level difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BINAURAL HEARING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; NOISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 58149331394     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000190402     Document Type: Article

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