Listening preference for the native language compared to an unfamiliar language in hearing and hearing-impaired infants after cochlear implantation

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1275-1280

  Kishon Rabin, Liat ^a   Harel, Tammy ^a   Hildesheimer, Minka ^a,b   Segal, Osnat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infants with cochlear implants; Language acquisition; Normal auditory development; Preference for the native language; Speech bias

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE;

EID: 77958094979     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181f2f45d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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