Effects of pulse rate and electrode array design on intensity discrimination in cochlear implant users

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 2258-2268

  Kreft, Heather A ^a   Donaldson, Gail S ^a   Nelson, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; ELECTRODES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEUROLOGY;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; WEBER FRACTION;

HEARING AIDS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 6344222872     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1786871     Document Type: Article

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