Restoring hearing symmetry with two cochlear implants or one cochlear implant and a contralateral hearing aid

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 749-768

  Firszt, Jill B ^a,b   Reeder, Ruth M ^a   Skinner, Margaret W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical hearing loss; Bilateral; Bimodal; Binaural hearing; Binaural squelch; Binaural summation; Cochlear implant; Head shadow effect; Hearing aid; Localization; Rehabilitation; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRICAL HEARING LOSS; BILATERAL; BIMODAL; BINAURAL HEARING; BINAURAL SQUELCH; BINAURAL SUMMATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANT; HEAD SHADOW EFFECT; HEARING AID; LOCALIZATION; REHABILITATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DIGITAL FILTERS; HEARING AIDS; HYDROXYLATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

AUDITION;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISABILITY; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; AUDIOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 59649127000     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.08.0120     Document Type: Review

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