Binaural-Bimodal Fitting or Bilateral Implantation for Managing Severe to Profound Deafness: A Review

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-192

  Ching, T Y C ^a   Van Wanrooy, E ^a   Dillon, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

bilateral implantation; bimodal hearing; deafness

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MUSIC; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547830350     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713807304357     Document Type: Review

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