The relationship between binaural benefit and difference in unilateral speech recognition performance for bilateral cochlear implant users

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 554-565

  Yoon, Yang Soo ^a   Li, Yongxin ^b   Kang, Hou Yong ^a   Fu, Qian Jie ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binaural hearing; Cochlear implant; Signal to noise ratio; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SPEECH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960455475     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.580785     Document Type: Article

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