Conservation of low-frequency hearing in cochlear implantation

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-280

  Kiefer, Jan ^a,c   Gstoettner, Wolfgang ^a   Baumgartner, Wolfgang ^b   Pok, Stephan Marcel ^a   Tillein, Jochen ^a   Ye, Qing ^a   Von Ilberg, Christoph ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic stimulation; Cochlear implant; Deafness; Electrical stimulation; Hearing preservation; Inner ear; Residual hearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPREHENSION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

EID: 2342455753     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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