Should a hearing aid in the contralateral ear be recommended for children with a unilateral cochlear implant?

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 397-403

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

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Diagnostic Center Viataal   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bimodal fitting; Child; Cochlear implant; Hearing aid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 49849092422     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700601     Document Type: Article

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