Deficits in the pitch sensitivity of cochlear-implanted children speaking English or Mandarin

Deficits in the pitch sensitivity of cochlear-implanted children speaking English or Mandarin

Sensitivity to complex pitch is notoriously poor in adults with cochlear implants (CIs), but it is unclear whether this is true for children with CIs. Many are implanted today at a very young age, and factors related to brain plasticity (age at implantation, duration of CI experience, and speaking a...

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Main Authors: Mickael L. D. Deroche, Hui-Ping eLu, Charles J. Limb, Yung-Song eLin, Monita eChatterjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Cochlear Implants
pitch
plasticity
Auditory Development
Tonal language
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00282/full

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