The Effect of GJB2 Allele Variants on Performance after Cochlear Implantation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2135-2140

  Bauer, Paul W ^a   Geers, Ann E ^a   Brenner, Christine ^b   Moog, Jean S ^b   Smith, Richard J H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Moog Center for Deaf Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Connexin; Gap junction protein 2 (GJB2); Performance; Reading

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION BETA 2 PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFANT; LANGUAGE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLELES; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COGNITION; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0347951342     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200312000-00015     Document Type: Article

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