Language and speech perception outcomes in hearing-impaired children with and without connexin 26 mutations

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Dahl, Hans Henrik M ^a,c   Wake, Melissa ^a   Sarant, Julia ^b   Poulakis, Zeffie ^a   Siemering, Kirby ^a   Blamey, Peter ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BIONIC EAR INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Connexin 26 mutations; GJB2; Hearing aids; Language development; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041660832     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071998     Document Type: Article

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