Effects of electrode configuration on cochlear implant modulation detection thresholds

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3908-3915

  Pfingst, Bryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR ELECTRODES; DETECTION THRESHOLD; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; MODULATION DETECTION; PATTERNS OF MODULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICAL EVALUATION; PSYCHOPHYSICAL MEASURES; STIMULATION SITES;

MODULATION;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 79959472169     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3583543     Document Type: Article

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