Connexin-associated deafness and speech perception outcome of cochlear implantation

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-500

  Taitelbaum Swead, Riki ^a,b   Brownstein, Zippora ^a   Muchnik, Chava ^a,b   Kishon Rabin, Liat ^a   Kronenberg, Jona ^c   Megirov, Lela ^c   Frydman, Moshe ^a,d   Hildesheimer, Minka ^a,b   Avraham, Karen B ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Speech and Hearing Center   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 33646690747     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.5.495     Document Type: Article

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