Postlingually deaf adults of all ages derive equal benefits from unilateral multichannel cochlear implant

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 637-643

  Park, Edward ^a   Shipp, David B ^a   Chen, Joseph M ^a   Nedzelski, Julian M ^a   Lin, Vincent Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant implantation; Hearing handicap inventory; Hearing in noise test; Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862949124     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.22.10.2     Document Type: Article

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