Quality of life and cochlear implantation in Usher syndrome type I

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 723-728

  Damen, Godelieve W J A ^a   Pennings, Ronald J E ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Quality of life; USH1; Usher syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; USHER SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMPLANTATION; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 33745286308     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000205128.86063.17     Document Type: Article

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