Bone-anchored hearing aid in unilateral inner ear deafness: A study of 20 patients

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 274-281

  Hol, Myrthe K S ^a   Bosman, Arjan J ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Bone anchored hearing aid; Unilateral inner ear deafness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE CONDUCTION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644246091     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080227     Document Type: Article

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