Clinical evaluation of signal-to-noise ratio-based noise reduction in Nucleus® cochlear implant recipients

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-390

  Dawson, Pam W ^a,b   Mauger, Stefan J ^a   Hersbach, Adam A ^b  

^a University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^b Research and Technology Labs   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955535486     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e318201c200     Document Type: Article

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