Surgical technique for implantation of the totally ossified cochlea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 988-992

  Balkany, Thomas ^a,b   Bird, Philip A ^a   Hodges, Annelle V ^b   Luntz, Michal ^b   Telischi, Fred F ^a   Buchman, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology ^*

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Deafness; Ossified cochlea; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR DISEASES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031798402     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199807000-00007     Document Type: Article

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