Audiologic performance and benefit of cochlear implantation in Usher syndrome type I

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 717-722

  Pennings, Ronald J E ^a   Damen, Godelieve W J A ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a   Hoefsloot, Lies ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefit; Cochlear implantation; Performance; USH1; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; USH1 GENE; USHER SYNDROME; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 33745241128     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000205167.08415.9e     Document Type: Article

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