Evaluation of different signal processing options in unilateral and bilateral cochlear freedom implant recipients using R-Space™ background noise

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-80

  Brockmeyer, Alison M ^a   Potts, Lisa G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaural hearing; Cochlear implants; Directional microphone; Noise reduction; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC DYNAMIC RANGE OPTIMIZATION; AUTOSENSITIVITY CONTROL; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STANDARD DUAL PORT DIRECTIONAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79953872762     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.2.2     Document Type: Article

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