Audiological application criteria for implantable hearing aid devices: A clinical experience at the nijmegen ORL clinic

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1645-1649

  Verhaegen, Veronique J O ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Application criteria; Middle ear implant; Otologics MET; Vibrant Soundbridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR PROSTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; OSSICULAR PROSTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649088484     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31817b013a     Document Type: Article

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