Cochlear implants: Referral, selection and rehabilitation

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 360-365

  Owens, D ^a   Espeso, A ^a   Hayes, J ^a   Williams, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cochlea; Deafness; Implantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; HAIR CELL; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33748439547     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cupe.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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