Development of a temporal fundamental frequency coding strategy for cochlear implants

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4023-4036

  Vandali, Andrew E ^a   Van Hoesel, Richard J M ^a  

^a Hearing CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHLEAR IMPLANT USERS; COMPLEX TONES; ELECTRICAL STIMULI; ERROR RATE; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; MINIMAL PROCESSING; PROBABILITY ESTIMATOR; TEMPORAL ENVELOPES;

ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPEECH PROCESSING;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NOISE; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959487722     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3573988     Document Type: Article

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