Better speech performance in cochlear implant patients with GJB2-related deafness

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-157

  Fukushima, Kunihiro ^a   Sugata, Kennichi ^a   Kasai, Norio ^a   Fukuda, Shouichirou ^b   Nagayasu, Rie ^a   Toida, Naomi ^b   Kimura, Nobuhiko ^a   Takishita, Teruaki ^a   Gunduz, Mehmet ^a   Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Okayama Kanariya Gakuen   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Connexin 26; GJB2; Language development; Mutation screening; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COGNITION; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MUTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036467473     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(01)00619-X     Document Type: Article

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