Earlier intervention leads to better sound localization in children with bilateral cochlear implants

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-17

  Van Deun, Lieselot ^a,g   Van Wieringen, Astrid ^a   Scherf, Fanny ^c   Deggouj, Naïma ^d   Desloovere, Christian ^b   Offeciers, F Erwin ^e   Van De Heyning, Paul H ^c   Dhooge, Ingeborg J ^f   Wouters, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e ENT Department   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilateral implants; Children; Horizontal localization; Mean absolute error; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CURRICULUM; HEARING; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LIFE; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649124246     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218358     Document Type: Article

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