The BAHA hearing system for hearing-impaired postirradiated nasopharyngeal cancer patients: A new indication

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-501

  Soo, Gordon ^a   Tong, Michael C F ^a   Tsang, Willis S S ^a   Wong, Terence K C ^a   Ka Fai, To ^a   Sing Fai, Leung ^a   Van Hasselt, C Andrew ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone anchored hearing aid; Chronic suppurative otitis media; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Osseointegration; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE REGENERATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OTORRHEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECURRENT CANCER; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249132072     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31819d34ab     Document Type: Article

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