Recognition and localization of speech by adult cochlear implant recipients wearing a digital hearing aid in the nonimplanted ear (bimodal hearing)

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 353-373

  Potts, Lisa G ^a   Skinner, Margaret W ^a   Litovsky, Ruth A ^b   Strube, Michael J ^c   Kuk, Francis ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Widex Corporation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bimodal hearing; Cochlear implant; Hearing aid; Localization; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 68549094317     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.6.4     Document Type: Article

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