Spatial hearing and speech intelligibility in bilateral cochlear implant users

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-431

  Litovsky, Ruth Y ^a   Parkinson, Aaron ^b   Arcaroli, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69049097091     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181a165be     Document Type: Article

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