Use of acoustic cues by children with cochlear implants

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1440-1457

  Giezen, Marcel R ^a   Escudero, Paola ^a   Baker, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustic cues; Cochlear implants; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650432847     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0252)     Document Type: Article

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