Pilot study on the effectiveness of the conventional CROS, the transcranial CROS and the BAHA transcranial CROS in adults with unilateral inner ear deafness

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 889-896

  Hol, Myrthe K S ^a   Kunst, Sylvia J W ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CROS devices; Unilateral inner ear deafness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVENTIONAL CONTRALATERAL ROUTING OF SOUND HEARING AID; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TRANSCRANIAL CONTRALATERAL ROUTING OF SOUND HEARING AID;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST;

EID: 77954473452     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1147-9     Document Type: Article

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