Information from the voice fundamental frequency (F0) region accounts for the majority of the benefit when acoustic stimulation is added to electric stimulation

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-69

  Zhang, Ting ^a   Dorman, Michael F ^b   Spahr, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PROSTHESIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; VOICE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOICE;

EID: 75149185505     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181b7190c     Document Type: Article

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