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speech processor

Audiology A part of a cochlear implant that converts speech sound into electrical impulses to stimulate the auditory nerve, allowing a person to understand sound and speech

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Cochlear Implants			Sounds are picked up by an external speech processor that is worn over the back of the ear and are delivered as electrical pulses, via radio waves through a magnetic coil, to the internal implant. The joy of sound; Cochlear implant returns hearing to Sutton native by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The cutting-edge technology sees an electrode attached to the inner ear and an external speech processor worn on the outside. I blew my nose so hard I lost my hearing; HOW JON WAS SAVED FROM LIFE ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) MED-EL Corporation's new MAESTRO[TM] Cochlear Implant System, featuring FineHearing[TM] technology, allows "high-definition" hearing while offering the smallest internal implant and the thinnest, lightest externally worn speech processor available. "High-definition" cochlear implant by Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			spectrometer spectrometry spectrophotometer spectrophotometric spectrophotometric analysis spectrophotometry spectroscope spectroscopy spectrum spectrum, antibacterial spectrum, electromagnetic specular reflection speculum speculum forceps Spee, curve of speech speech abnormalities speech audiometry speech bulb speech centers speech disorder Speech Disorders speech dysfunction speech dyspraxia speech pathology speech processor speech reading speech reception threshold speech recognition speech synthesizer speech therapist speech therapy speech threshold audiometry speech-language pathologist speech-language pathology speech-language therapist speech-preserving operation Speed Speed Freak Speed Hiking Speed Reading speed shock speedball speedy-cutting sPEEP Speleognathus spell spell of illness spelt Spemann Spencer hemoglobinometer			Speech Path and Audiology Speech Pathlogy and Audio speech pathologist speech pathologist speech pathologists speech pathologists Speech Pathologists and Audiologists in Louisiana Schools Speech Pathologists and Audiologists in Private Practice speech pathology speech pathology speech pathology speech pathology speech pathology Speech Pathology and Audiology speech pattern Speech Patterns speech perception speech perception Speech Perception Production Bilingualism speech phonation speech phonation speech phonation speech phonation Speech Plus Speech Press Religion Assembly Petition Speech problems Speech problems Speech problems Speech Processing and Auditory Perception Laboratory Speech Processing Research Laboratory speech processor speech production Speech Production and Perception I Speech Proficiency Test Speech Pronunciation Analysis Training Speech Quality Expert Group Speech Quality Index speech quality magnitude estimate Speech Quality Test Event Speech radio Speech reading Speech reading Speech reading Speech reading Speech Reception Threshold Speech Reception Threshold Speech recognition Speech recognition Speech recognition Speech recognition Speech Recognition Algorithms for Connectionist Hybrids Speech Recognition and Intrinsic Variation Speech Recognition Application Program Interface Speech Recognition Application Program Interface Speech Recognition Engine Speech Recognition Grammar Specification Speech Recognition Out of Vocabulary Speech Recognition Score in Background Noise Speech Recognition System Training Workshop Speech Recognition Threshold in Noise Speech recognizer

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