Optimizing the perception of soft speech and speech in noise with the Advanced Bionics cochlear implant system

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 255-269

  Holden, Laura K ^a   Reeder, Ruth M ^a   Firszt, Jill B ^a   Finley, Charles C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Input dynamic range; Speech perception; Speech processor program

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952610762     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2010.533200     Document Type: Article

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