Availability of binaural cues for bilateral implant recipients and bimodal listeners with and without preserved hearing in the implanted ear

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-71

  Gifford, René H ^b   Dorman, Michael F ^a   Sheffield, Sterling W ^b   Teece, Kate ^c   Olund, Amy P ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral cochlear implant; Bimodal hearing; Binaural cues; Hearing preservation patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; WORD RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING TEST; IMPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890504597     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355700     Document Type: Article

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