The bone-anchored hearing aid for children: Recent developments

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 554-559

  Snik, Ad ^a   Leijendeckers, Joop ^a   Hol, Myrthe ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel ^a   Cremers, Cor ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral measures; Demographics Epidemiology; Hearing aid satisfaction; Hearing aids; Middle ear; Pediatric; Speech perception; Syndromes Genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE CONDUCTION; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONGENITAL AURAL ATRESIA; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949114973     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020802307354     Document Type: Article

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