Improved speech discrimination after cochlear implantation in the southern cochlear implant adult programme

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1321, 2010, Pages

  Bradley, Justine ^a   Bird, Philip ^a   Monteath, Penny ^b   Wells, J Elisabeth ^c  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Southern Cochlear Implant Programme Adult   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DISEASE DURATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; IMPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956311032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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