The benefit of cochlear implantation in the Japanese elderly

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-137

  Kunimoto, Masaru ^a   Yamanaka, Noboru ^a   Kimura, Takaaki ^a   Yoda, Junichi ^a   Yokoyama, Michiaki ^a   Togawa, Akihisa ^a   Oka, Miyoko ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Elderly; Japanese

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033119352     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(98)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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