Speech perception with music maskers by cochlear implant users and normal-hearing listeners

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 800-810

  Eskridge, Elizabeth N ^a   Galvin III, John J ^a   Aronoff, Justin M ^a   Li, Tianhao ^a   Fu, Qian Jie ^a  

^a HOUSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Masking; Music; Segregation; Streaming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862021399     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0124)     Document Type: Article

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