Worldwide trends in bilateral cochlear implantation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Peters, B Robert ^a   Wyss, Josephine ^b   Manrique, Manuel ^c  

^a Dallas Otolaryngology Associates   (United States)

^b Cochlear AG European Headquarters ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bilateral; Cochlear; implant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; BIOSTATISTICS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952577621     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20859     Document Type: Article

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