Sound localization ability of young children with bilateral cochlear implants

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-485

  Beijen, Jan Willem ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilateral cochlear implantation; Binaural hearing; Children; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND DETECTION; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447618053     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3180430179     Document Type: Article

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