Auditory abilities after cochlear implantation in adults with unilateral deafness: A pilot study

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1339-1346

  Firszt, Jill B ^a   Holden, Laura K ^a   Reeder, Ruth M ^a   Waltzman, Susan B ^b   Arndt, Susan ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Localization; Single sided deafness; Speech recognition; Unilateral deafness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; ENVIRONMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866630047     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318268d52d     Document Type: Article

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