Implantation of the ossified cochlea: Management with the split electrode array

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2155-2160

  Millar, D A ^a   Hillman, Todd A ^a,b   Shelton, Clough ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Pittsburgh Ear Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Cochlear ossificans; Split electrode

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OSSIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644791230     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000181494.21654.5E     Document Type: Article

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