Talker-identification training using simulations of binaurally combined electric and acoustic hearing: Generalization to speech and emotion recognition

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3069-3078

  Krull, Vidya ^a,c   Luo, Xin ^a   Kirk, Karen Iler ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HEARING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EMOTIONS; HEARING; HUMANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863089060     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3688533     Document Type: Article

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