Results of speech processor upgrade in a population of Veterans Affairs Cochlear Implant recipients

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 462-465

  Cohen, Noel L ^a,e   Waltzman, Susan B ^a   Roland Jr , J Thomas ^a   Bromberg, Betsy ^a   Cambron, Nancy ^b   Gibbs, Lisa ^c   Parkinson, Wendy ^d   Snead, Colleen ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Upgrade; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 0030852125     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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