Comparison of the bone anchored hearing aid implantable hearing device with contralateral routing of offside signal amplification in the rehabilitation of unilateral deafness

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-78

  Niparko, John K ^a   Cox, Kenneth M ^a   Lustig, Lawrence R ^a  

^a Dept Otolaryngol Head/Neck Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Bone anchored hearing aid; Contralateral routing of offside signal; Unilateral deafness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MONAURAL HEARING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BONE CONDUCTION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037260191     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200301000-00015     Document Type: Article

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