Bilateral cochlear implantation: Current concepts, indications, and results

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2395-2401

  Basura, Gregory J ^a   Eapen, Rose ^a   Buchman, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral cochlear implantation; Binaural advantage; Complications; Head shadow; Neural integration; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sound localization; Squelch

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BINAURAL HEARING; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; HEARING; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949100070     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20751     Document Type: Review

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