Comparison of different vibrant soundbridge audioprocessors with conventional hearing aids

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 669-673

  Todt, Ingo ^a   Seidl, Rainer Ottis ^a   Gross, Manfred ^a   Ernst, Arne ^a  

^a UKB Berlin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Implantable hearing aid; Sensorineural hearing loss; Symphonix Soundbridge

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036736112     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200209000-00012     Document Type: Article

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