Partial withdrawal of deeply inserted cochlear electrodes: Observations of two patients

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1369-1372

  Kos, Maria Izabel ^a   Boex, Colette ^a   Guyot, Jean Philippe ^a   Pelizzone, Marco ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Electrode interaction; Electrode location; Hearing performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODE POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MASTOID; MASTOIDECTOMY; MYRINGOTOMY; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; OBSERVATION;

EID: 34848890914     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0354-5     Document Type: Article

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