Concurrent-vowel and tone recognition by Mandarin-speaking cochlear implant users

Hearing Research

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 75-84

  Luo, Xin ^a   Fu, Qian Jie ^b   Wu, Hung Pin ^c,d   Hsu, Chuan Jen ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Concurrent tone recognition; Concurrent vowel recognition; Mandarin Chinese

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549107525     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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