Younger- and older-age adults with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implants: Speech and spatial hearing self-ratings and performance

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 921-929

  Noble, William ^a,b   Tyler, Richard S ^b   Dunn, Camille C ^b   Bhullar, Navjot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Disability and handicap; Localization; Older adult; Speech test; Younger adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349734795     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181b76b3b     Document Type: Article

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