Modiolar coiling, electrical thresholds, and speech perception after cochlear implantation using the Nucleus Contour Advance electrode with the advance off stylet technique

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-166

  Huang, Tina C ^a   Reitzen, Shari D ^a   Marrinan, Michelle S ^a   Waltzman, Susan B ^a   Roland, J Thomas ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Angular insertion; Cochlear implant; Electrical thresholds; Pediatric; Perimodiolar; Radiographic analysis; Speech perception outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645062923     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000187047.58544.d0     Document Type: Review

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