Pediatric cochlear implantation of children with eighth nerve deficiency

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1442-1448

  Young, Nancy M ^a,b,c   Kim, Francine M ^d   Ryan, Maura E ^a,b   Tournis, Elizabeth ^a   Yaras, Stephanie ^a  

^a Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response test; Cochlear implant; Cochlear nerve deficiency; Eighth nerve hypoplasia; High resolution magnetic resonance imaging; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEANINGFUL AUDITORY INTEGRATION SCALE SCORE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEURAL RESPONSE TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE APLASIA; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE HYPOPLASIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 84866463489     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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