Treatment of mixed hearing losses via implantation of a vibratory transducer on the round window

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 600-608

  Colletti, Vittorio ^a   Soli, Sigfrid D ^b   Carner, Marco ^a   Colletti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed hearing loss; Round window implant; Vibratory transducer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCUS; MALE; MICROPHONE; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; MIXED HEARING LOSS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, MIXED CONDUCTIVE-SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; ROUND WINDOW; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TRANSDUCERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 33750389880     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020600840903     Document Type: Article

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