Hearing preservation after cochlear implantation using deeply inserted flex atraumatic electrode arrays

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-337

  Tamir, Sharon ^a   Ferrary, Evelyne ^a,b   Borel, Stphanie ^a   Sterkers, Olivier ^a,b   Bozorg Grayeli, Alexis ^a,b  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Cochlear trauma; Electrode insertion; Hearing preservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863864044     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339894     Document Type: Article

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