Auditory performance after cochlear implantation in late septuagenarians and octogenarians

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 916-920

  Williamson, Robert A ^a   Pytynia, Kristen ^b   Oghalai, John S ^a   Vrabec, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Elderly; Kaplan Meier benefit analysis; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349736299     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181b4e594     Document Type: Article

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