The ear is connected to the brain: Some new directions in the study of children with cochlear implants at Indiana University

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 446-463

  Houston, Derek M ^a   Beer, Jessica ^a   Bergeson, Tonya R ^a   Chin, Steven B ^a   Pisoni, David B ^b   Miyamoto, Richard T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory rehabilitation; Cochlear implants; Diagnostic techniques; Pediatric audiology; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITION; DISABILITY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COGNITION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INDIANA; INFANT; SPEECH; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84862893302     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.23.6.7     Document Type: Review

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