Experience with bilateral cochlear implants improves sound localization acuity in children

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1287-1292

  Godar, Shelly P ^a   Litovsky, Ruth Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Binaural; Children; Cochlear implant; Localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958097703     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181e75784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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