Coupling the vibrant soundbridge to cochlea round window: Auditory results in patients with mixed hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-201

  Beltrame, Achille M ^a   Martini, Alessandro ^b   Prosser, Silvano ^b   Giarbini, Nadia ^b,c   Streitberger, Christian ^c  

^a Rovereto Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Merano Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implantable hearing aids; Middle ear implants; Round window implants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLYMPH; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED HEARING LOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STAPES; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, MIXED CONDUCTIVE-SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTOSCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROUND WINDOW, EAR; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; STAPES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64549096414     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318180a495     Document Type: Article

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