Limits of temporal pitch in cochlear implants

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1649-1657

  Kong, Ying Yee ^a,b   Deeks, John M ^b   Axon, Patrick R ^c   Carlyon, Robert P ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMMON FINDINGS; GROUP OF EIGHTS; HIGH RATES; METHOD OF CONSTANT STIMULUS; NORMAL-HEARING LISTENERS; PULSE TRAINS; SIMILAR PATTERNS; SINGLE CHANNELS; UPPER LIMITS;

AUDITION;

DIGITAL FILTERS;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 62249139565     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3068457     Document Type: Article

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