DFNB1-associated deafness in Portuguese cochlear implant users: Prevalence and impact on oral outcome

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1135-1139

  Chora, Joana Rita Gaspar de Barros Martinho ^a   Matos, Tiago Daniel Morim ^a   Martins, Jorge Humberto Ferreira ^b   Alves, Marisa Costa ^b   Andrade, Susana Margarida Sousa ^b   Silva, Luis Filipe dos Santos ^b   Ribeiro, Carlos Alberto dos Reis ^b   Antunes, Marília Cristina de Sousa ^c   Fialho, Maria Graça Monteiro Azevedo ^a   Caria, Maria Helena de Figueiredo Ramos ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant outcome; DFNB1 deafness; GJB2 mutations; GJB6 deletions; Oral rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONSYNDRONIC HEARING LOSS AND DEAFNESS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MUTATION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956472343     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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