Cochlear Implants in Aplasia and Hypoplasia of the Cochleovestibular Nerve

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 887-891

  Govaerts, Paul J ^a   Casselman, J ^b   Daemers, K ^a   De Beukelaer, C ^a   Yperman, M ^a   De Ceulaer, G ^a  

^a Ear Group   (Belgium)

^b General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aplasia; Cochlear implant; Hypoplasia; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; AUDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCHLEA; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COMMUNICATION METHODS, TOTAL; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0242523962     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200311000-00011     Document Type: Review

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