Comparing Binaural Pre-processing Strategies II: Speech Intelligibility of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users

Trends in Hearing

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Baumgärtel, Regina M ^a,b   Hu, Hongmei ^a,b   Krawczyk Becker, Martin ^a,b   Marquardt, Daniel ^a,b   Herzke, Tobias ^b,c   Coleman, Graham ^b,c   Adiloğlu, Kamil ^b,c   Bomke, Katrin ^d   Plotz, Karsten ^d   Gerkmann, Timo ^a,b   Doclo, Simon ^a,b   Kollmeier, Birger ^a,b   Hohmann, Volker ^a,b,c   Dietz, Mathias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all   (Germany)

^c Cluster of Excellence 'Hearing4All'   (Germany)

^d Evangelisches Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

bilateral; cochlear implant; noise reduction algorithm; speech intelligibility; speech reception threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016925977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23312165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2331216515617917     Document Type: Article

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