Application of the vibrant soundbridge® in bilateral congenital atresia in toddlers

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 966-970

  Frenzel, Henning ^a   Hanke, Frauke ^a   Beltrame, Millo ^b   Wollenberg, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Ospedale Santa Maria del Carmine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auricular atresia; Auricular reconstruction; Implantable hearing aids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AURAL ATRESIA; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAR MALFORMATION; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INCUS; MALE; MALLEUS; MICROTIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STAPES; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TODDLER; EXTERNAL EAR; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR RECONSTRUCTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY;

CHILD; EAR, EXTERNAL; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; MALE; OSSICULAR REPLACEMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS;

EID: 77954644543     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480903559749     Document Type: Article

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