Speech detection and localization results and clinical outcomes for children receiving sequential bilateral cochlear implants before four years of age

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 636-646

  Galvin, Karyn L ^a   Mok, Mansze ^a   Dowell, Richard C ^a   Briggs, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilateral cochlear implants; Children; Hearing impairment; Localization; Speech detection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; REOPERATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049157828     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020802203314     Document Type: Article

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