The perception of prosody and associated auditory cues in early-implanted children: The role of auditory working memory and musical activities

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-191

  Torppa, Ritva ^a,b   Faulkner, Andrew ^c   Huotilainen, Minna ^a,b,d   Järvikivi, Juhani ^e   Lipsanen, Jari ^a   Laasonen, Marja ^a,f   Vainio, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Auditory working memory; Cochlear implant; Discrimination of F0; Duration and intensity; Musical activities; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; PATIENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CORRECTION OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894769388     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2013.872302     Document Type: Article

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