A psychophysical method for measuring spatial resolution in cochlear implants

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-157

  Azadpour, Mahan ^a   McKay, Colette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Spatial resolution; Spectral resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84860220946     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-011-0294-z     Document Type: Article

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