Libyan cochlear implant programme: Achievements, difficulties, and future goals

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Salamat, Ali ^a   Esriti, Anwer ^b   Ehtuish, Asia ^b   El Ogbi, Samya ^b  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Tripoli Medical Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Consanguinity; Hearing loss; Libya; Tripoli medical centre

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMPLANTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 80053592895     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v6i0.5930     Document Type: Article

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