Lexical tone perception ability of profoundly hearing-impaired children: Performance of cochlear implant and hearing aid users

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1079-1087

  Lee, Kathy Y S ^a   Van Hasselt, Charles Andrew ^a   Tong, Michael C F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cantonese; Cochlear implant; Hearing aid; Hearing impaired children; Lexical tone perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CHINA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SAMPLE SIZE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE OF ONSET; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956343749     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181eb3242     Document Type: Article

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