Speech recognition and acoustic features in combined electric and acoustic stimulation

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-124

  Yoon, Yang soo ^a   Li, Yongxin ^b   Fu, Qian Jie ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic features; Bimodal benefit; Electric and acoustic stimulation; Signal to noise ratio; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863171275     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0325)     Document Type: Article

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