Vibrant soundbridge implant: A new hearing prosthesis for patients with sensorineural hearing loss; Part 1 - Principle of the soundbridge system and initial clinical results;Vibrant soundbridge system: Ein neuartiges horimplantat fur innenohrschwerhorige; Teil 1: Funktionsweise und erste klinische Erfahrungen

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 247-255

  Lenarz, Th ^a   Weber, B P ^a   Mack, K F ^a   Battmer, R D ^a   Gnadeberg, D ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic hearing prosthesis; Hearing loss; Implantable hearing aid; Middle ear; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0031844427     PISSN: 09358943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-996970     Document Type: Article

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