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Research Article

Frequency selectivity of contralateral residual acoustic hearing in bimodal cochlear implant users, and limitations on the ability to match the pitch of electric and acoustic stimuli

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Pages 389-398 | Received 01 Feb 2011, Accepted 12 Nov 2011, Published online: 27 Dec 2011

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