Cochlear implantation in developing countries as humanitarian service: Physician attitudes and recommendations for best practice

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-79

  Saunders, James ^a   Barrs, David ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Developing countries; Hearing loss; Humanitarian medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEMPORAL BONE; ADULT; AGE; ALTRUISM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEAFNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052096200     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811401343     Document Type: Article

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