Improvements in speech perception after the upgrade from the TEMPO+ to the OPUS 2 audio processor

ORL

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-11

  Seebens, Yvonne ^a   Diller, Gottfried ^a,b  

^a Cochlear Implant Centrum Rhein Main ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audio processor upgrade; Fine structure processing; OPUS 2; Speech perception; TEMPO+

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155145966     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333124     Document Type: Article

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