Voice discrimination in cochlear-implanted deaf subjects

Hearing Research

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 120-129

  Massida, Z ^a,b   Belin, P ^c   James, C ^d,e   Rouger, J ^a,b   Fraysse, B ^e   Barone, P ^a,b   Deguine, O ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Cochlear France SAS ^*  (France)

^e Service Oto Rhino Laryngologie et Oto Neurologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955949205     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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