Relationship between channel interaction and spectral-ripple discrimination in cochlear implant users

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 425-433

  Jones, Gary L ^a   Ho Won, Jong ^b   Drennan, Ward R ^a   Rubinstein, Jay T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL INTERACTIONS; COCHLEAR IMPLANT USERS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLDS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; ELECTRODE SEPARATION; INTERACTION INDEX; POTENTIAL OUTCOMES; PSYCHO-PHYSICAL TESTS; RESIDUAL HEARING; SOUND PROCESSING; SPEECH UNDERSTANDING;

AUDITION; SEPARATION;

TESTING;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPREHENSION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMPREHENSION; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871538157     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4768881     Document Type: Article

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