title: [The discrimination rate in the consonant by cochlear implanted].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of the discrimination rate in the consonant by cochlear implanted.
  
  
  METHODS
  The four cases by cochlear implanted have rehabilitated with hearing speech for 1.0-1.5 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The discrimination rate in the four cases by cochlear implanted was 76.0% in the consonant, 94.1% in the vowel.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The discrimination rate in common language of Chinese was lower than that of vowel. When the patients discriminated the consonants with the same formants feature, the chance of the auditory is relatively high.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: D X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*