Evidence of across-channel processing for spectral-ripple discrimination in cochlear implant listeners

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2088-2097

  Ho Won, Jong ^a   Jones, Gary L ^a   Drennan, Ward R ^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

COCHLEAR IMPLANT LISTENERS; ELECTRODE SEPARATION; IDEAL OBSERVERS; INTEGRATING INFORMATION; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; PERCEPTUAL MECHANISM; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; SINGLE-INTENSITY; SPECTRAL MODULATION; SPECTRAL SHAPES;

AUDITION; SEPARATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82255169016     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3624820     Document Type: Article

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