Pitch and loudness matching of unmodulated and modulated stimuli in cochlear implantees

Hearing Research

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-49

  Vandali, Andrew ^a   Sly, David ^b   Cowan, Robert ^a   Van Hoesel, Richard ^a  

^a Hearing CRC   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL PULSE TRAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOUDNESS; MALE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84879446576     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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