TY - GEN
T1 - Chinese disyllables tone perceptual characteristics and the effect of stimulation rate on tone recognition in cochlear implants
AU - Lin, Yanfei
AU - Gong, Qin
AU - Xi, Xin
AU - Hong, Mengdi
AU - Chen, Aiting
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The aim was to investigate the perceptual characteristics of Chinese tones in continuous speech, and the effect of stimulation rate on Chinese tone recognition for cochlear implant users. Chinese disyllables were used as test materials to measure the performance on 16 tonal patterns recognition with different stimulation rates (250, 720, 900, 1200 and 1800 pps) for cochlear implant users. The results showed that the tone recognition score of Chinese disyllables with the high stimulation rate of 1800 pps was significantly higher than that with the low stimulation rate of 250 pps, and the tone recognition score in the later syllables was significantly higher than that in the former ones. In addition, it was easier to recognize Tone 1, Tone 3 and Tone 4 in the later syllables, and more difficult to identify Tone 2 and Tone 3 in the former syllables for cochlear implant users.
AB - The aim was to investigate the perceptual characteristics of Chinese tones in continuous speech, and the effect of stimulation rate on Chinese tone recognition for cochlear implant users. Chinese disyllables were used as test materials to measure the performance on 16 tonal patterns recognition with different stimulation rates (250, 720, 900, 1200 and 1800 pps) for cochlear implant users. The results showed that the tone recognition score of Chinese disyllables with the high stimulation rate of 1800 pps was significantly higher than that with the low stimulation rate of 250 pps, and the tone recognition score in the later syllables was significantly higher than that in the former ones. In addition, it was easier to recognize Tone 1, Tone 3 and Tone 4 in the later syllables, and more difficult to identify Tone 2 and Tone 3 in the former syllables for cochlear implant users.
KW - cochlear implant
KW - disyllables recognition
KW - stimulation rate
KW - tone perception
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862935338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098620
DO - 10.1109/BMEI.2011.6098620
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862935338
SN - 9781424493524
T3 - Proceedings - 2011 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2011
SP - 1300
EP - 1304
BT - Proceedings - 2011 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2011
T2 - 2011 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2011
Y2 - 15 October 2011 through 17 October 2011
ER -