Speech recognition and temporal amplitude modulation processing by Mandarin-speaking cochlear implant users

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 957-970

  Luo, Xin ^a,c   Fu, Qian Jie ^a   Wei, Chao Gang ^b   Cao, Ke Li ^b  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849104831     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181888f61     Document Type: Article

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