Electric acoustic stimulation of the auditory system: Results of a multi-centre investigation

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 968-975

  Gstoettner, Wolfgang K ^a,h   Van De Heyning, Paul ^b   Fitzgerald O'Connor, Alec ^c   Morera, Constantino ^d   Sainz, Manuel ^e   Vermeire, Katrien ^b   McDonald, Sonelle ^c   Cavallé, Laura ^d   Helbig, Silke ^a   García Valdecasas, Juan ^e   Anderson, Ilona ^f   Adunka, Oliver F ^g  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d La Fe University   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^f MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Electric acoustic stimulation; Hearing preservation; High frequency hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRIC ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49649094929     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701805471     Document Type: Article

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