Patient performance with the cochlear corporation '20 + 2' implant: Bipolar versus monopolar activation

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 717-723

  Zwolan, Teresa A ^a,b   Kileny, Paul R ^a   Ashbaugh, Carissa ^a   Telian, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar activation; Cochlear implant; Monopolar activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029842593     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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