An acoustic analysis of the vowel space in young and old cochlear-implant speakers

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 734-741

  Neumeyer, Veronika ^a   Harrington, Jonathan ^a   Draxler, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articulation; CI; Cochlear implant; Vowel durations; Vowel space

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; GERMANY; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955672336     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699206.2010.491173     Document Type: Article

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