Unilateral deafness in children: Audiologic and subjective assessment of hearing ability after cochlear implantation

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-60

  Hassepass, Frederike ^a   Aschendorff, Antje ^a   Wesarg, Thomas ^a   Kröger, Stefanie ^a   Laszig, Roland ^a   Beck, Rainer L ^a   Schild, Christian ^a   Arndt, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children Cochlear implant; Localization; Speech in noise; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871952622     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31827850f0     Document Type: Article

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