Speech perception in congenitally deaf children receiving cochlear implants in the first year of life

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1254-1260

  Tajudeen, Bobby A ^a   Waltzman, Susan B ^a   Jethanamest, Daniel ^a   Svirsky, Mario A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Early implantation; Sensitive periods; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958090328     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181f2f475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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