Cochlear implantation in the octogenarian and nonagenarian

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1343-1349

  Carlson, Matthew L ^a   Breen, Joseph T ^a   Gifford, Rene H ^a   Driscoll, Colin L W ^a   Neff, Brian A ^a   Beatty, Charles W ^a   Peterson, Anna Mary ^a   Olund, Amy P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant(s); Elderly; Octogenarian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958081812     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181edb69d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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