Is word recognition correlated with the number of surviving spiral ganglion. Cells and electrode insertion depth in human subjects with cochlear implants?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 672-677

  Khan, Aayesha M ^a,b   Handzel, Ophir ^a,b   Burgess, Barbara J ^a,b   Damian, Doris ^c   Eddington, Donald K ^a,b   Nadol Jr , Joseph B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c Beyond Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Depth of insertion; Speech perception; Spiral ganglion

Indexed keywords

AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL GANGLION; TEMPORAL BONE; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 17244375713     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000161335.62139.80     Document Type: Review

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