Cochlear Implants. Clinical and Societal Outcomes

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 959-981

  Semenov, Yevgeniy R ^a   Martinez Monedero, Rodrigo ^a   Niparko, John K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation outcomes; Cost utility; Education; Language development; Quality of life; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPREHENSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866293718     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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