Training to improve language outcomes in cochlear implant recipients

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Ingvalson, Erin M ^a,b   Wong, Patrick C M ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Auditory training; Cochlear implant; Cognitive training; Language learning; Prelingual deafness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878911041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00263     Document Type: Review

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