Contralateral hearing aid use in cochlear implanted patients: Multicenter study of bimodal benefit

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1084-1094

  Morera, Constantino ^a   Cavalle, Laura ^a   Manrique, Manuel ^b   Huarte, Alicia ^b   Angel, Ramos ^c   Osorio, Angel ^c   Garcia Ibañez, Luis ^d   Estrada, Elisabeth ^d   Morera Ballester, Constantino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d Instituto Garcia Ibanez   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Residual hearing; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUND ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866707868     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.677546     Document Type: Article

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