Patient selection for incus body coupling of a totally implantable middle ear implant

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-696

  Zenner, Hans Peter ^a,c   Baumann, Joachim W ^a   Reischl, Gabriele ^a   Plinkert, Peter ^b   Zimmermann, Rainer ^a   Mauz, Paul S ^a   Limberger, Annette ^a   Maassen, Marcus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Universitäts HNO Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active hearing implant; Amplifier implant; Ear endoprosthesis; Hearing amplifier implant; Hearing endoprosthesis; Implantable hearing device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCUS; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; NOISE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INCUS; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 0041425320     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310002456     Document Type: Article

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