Sound localization skills in children who use bilateral cochlear implants and in children with normal acoustic hearing

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 645-656

  Grieco Calub, Tina M ^a   Litovsky, Ruth Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 77956449517     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181e50a1d     Document Type: Article

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