Fine Structure Processing improves speech perception as well as objective and subjective benefits in pediatric MED-EL COMBI 40+ users

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1372-1378

  Lorens, Artur ^a   Zgoda, Małgorzata ^a   Obrycka, Anita ^a   Skarzynski, Henryk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF HEARING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant, Coding strategies; Fine Structure Processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 78449313785     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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