Development and evaluation of an improved cochlear implant electrode design for electric acoustic stimulation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1237-1241

  Adunka, Oliver ^a,b   Kiefer, Jan ^a   Unkelbach, Marc H ^a   Lehnert, Thomas ^a   Gstoettner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Electric acoustic stimulation; Intracochlear trauma

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA INJURY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FORCE; HEARING ACUITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL BONE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 3242718845     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200407000-00018     Document Type: Article

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