Binaural hearing after cochlear implantation in subjects with unilateral sensorineural deafness and tinnitus

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Vermeire, Katrien ^a,b   Van De Heyning, Paul ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Speech recognition; Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TINNITUS; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TINNITUS;

EID: 63449136345     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000171478     Document Type: Article

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