Cochlear implants: Current designs and future possibilities

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 695-730

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory prosthesis; Cochlea; Cochlear implant; Cortical plasticity; Deafness; Hearing; Neural prosthesis; Rehabilitation; Speech perception; Speech processor

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY PROSTHESIS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANT; CORTICAL PLASTICITY; DEAFNESS; HEARING; NEURAL PROSTHESIS; REHABILITATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PROCESSOR;

DESIGN; DIGITAL FILTERS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT REHABILITATION; PLASTICITY;

PROSTHETICS;

ANATOMY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROPHONE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; FEMALE; FORECASTING; IMPLANTATION; MALE; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449097436     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.10.0173     Document Type: Review

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