Otologics fully implantable hearing system: Phase i trial 1-year results

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 534-541

  Jenkins, Herman A ^a   Atkins, James S ^b   Horlbeck, Drew ^c   Hoffer, Michael E ^d   Balough, Ben ^d   Alexiades, George ^e   Garvis, William ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Florida Ear and Balance Center   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e New York Eye and Ear   (United States)

^f ENT Specialty Care of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Fully implantable hearing system; Otologics LLC; Phase I clinical trial; Sensorineural hearing loss; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASTOID; MICROPHONE; MONAURAL HEARING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORD RECOGNITION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; LANGUAGE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249146408     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181656969     Document Type: Article

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