Effects of site-specific level adjustments on speech recognition with cochlear implants

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-40

  Zhou, Ning ^a   Pfingst, Bryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Level adjustment; Modulation detection; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891830046     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31829d15cc     Document Type: Article

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