Advantages of binaural hearing provided through bimodal stimulation via a cochlear implant and a conventional hearing aid: A 6-month comparative study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 596-606

  Morera, C ^a,d,e   Manrique, M ^b   Ramos, A ^c   Garcia Ibanez, L ^d   Cavalle, L ^a   Huarte, A ^b   Castillo, C ^c   Estrada, E ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d Garcia Ibañez Otology Institute   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bimodal stimulation; Cochlear implants; Hearing aids; Speech perception testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPAIN; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 21044440343     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510027493     Document Type: Article

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