Using assessment of higher brain functions of children with GJB2-associated deafness and cochlear implants as a procedure to evaluate language development

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1343-1349

  Kawasaki, Akihiro ^a   Fukushima, Kunihiro ^a   Kataoka, Yuko ^a   Fukuda, Shoichiro ^a   Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; GJB2; Higher brain function; Language development; Learninng disability; Non syndromic hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION;

AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33744993477     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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