The BAHA Softband: A new treatment for young children with bilateral congenital aural atresia

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 973-980

  Hol, Myrthe K S ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Coppens Schellekens, Wilma ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BAHA; Bone anchored hearing aid; Congenital aural atresia; Expressive language; Receptive language; Softband

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL EAR ATRESIA; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MASTOID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BONE CONDUCTION; EAR CANAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 19444384857     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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