Cochlear implants: Current status

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 647-655

  Waltzman, Susan B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Deafness; Design; Electrodes; Programming; Speech processing

Indexed keywords

COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUTUROLOGY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33750435172     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.3.5.647     Document Type: Review

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