Acoustic temporal modulation detection and speech perception in cochlear implant listeners

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 376-388

  Won, Jong Ho ^a   Drennan, Ward R ^a   Nie, Kaibao ^a   Jameyson, Elyse M ^a   Rubinstein, Jay T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; COCHLEAR IMPLANT LISTENERS; LOW-PASS; MODULATION DETECTION; PRESENTATION LEVEL; RECOGNITION ABILITIES; SOUND PROCESSING; SPECTRAL ENVELOPES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL INFORMATION; TEMPORAL MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TEMPORAL MODULATIONS;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; GAIN CONTROL; MODULATION;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960675324     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3592521     Document Type: Article

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