Sound localization in unilateral deafness with the Baha or TransEar device

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-70

  Battista, Robert A ^a,b   Mullins, Krystine ^a   Wiet, R Mark ^a,c   Sabin, Andrew ^c   Kim, Joyce ^a   Rauch, Vasilike ^a  

^a Ear Institute of Chicago   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE CONDUCTION HEARING AID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

EID: 84873460687     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.1101     Document Type: Article

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