The relation between age at the time of cochlear implantation and long- term speech perception abilities in congenitally deaf subjects

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-131

  Snik, A F M ^a   Makhdoum, Mohammad Jamal A ^a   Vermeulen, Anneke M ^b   Brokx, Jan P L ^b   Van Den Broek, Paul ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for the Deaf   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age at cochlear implantation; Cochlear implantation; Congenital deafness; Equivalent hearing loss; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030880975     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(97)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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