A new electrode for residual hearing preservation in cochlear implantation: First clinical results

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-379

  Gstoettner, Wolfgang ^a   Helbig, Silke ^b   Settevendemie, Claudia ^b   Baumann, Uwe ^b   Wagenblast, Jens ^b   Arnoldner, Christoph ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Electric acoustic stimulation; Electrode; Hearing preservation; MedEl Flex EAS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEARING; HEARING TEST; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66349085984     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802552568     Document Type: Article

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