Assessment of auditory skills in 140 cochlear implant children using the EARS protocol

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Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Sainz, Manuel ^a   Skarzynski, Henryk ^b   Allum, John H J ^c   Helms, Jan ^d   Rivas, Adriana ^e   Martin, Jane ^f   Zorowka, Patrick Georg ^g   Phillips, Lucy ^h   Delauney, Joseph ⁱ   Brockmeyer, Steffi Johanna ^j   Kompis, Martin ^k   Korolewa, Inna ^l   Albegger, Klaus ^m   Zwirner, Petra ⁿ   Van De Heyning, Paul ^o   D'Haese, Patrick ^p  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF HEARING   (Poland)

^c HNO Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e Centro Medico Otologico   (Colombia)

^f Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Service   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Clinique Mutualiste 'La Sagesse'   (France)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^l Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear   (Russian Federation)

^m Klinik für HNO Heilkunde   (Austria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^o ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^p MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Auditory perception; Cochlear implant; EARS tests; Hearing impairment; Language development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038307271     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070772     Document Type: Article

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