Cochlear implantation with hearing preservation yields significant benefit for speech recognition in complex listening environments

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-425

  Gifford, René H ^a   Dorman, Michael F ^b   Skarzynski, Henryk ^c   Lorens, Artur ^c   Polak, Marek ^d   Driscoll, Colin L W ^e   Roland, Peter ^f   Buchman, Craig A ^g  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF HEARING   (Poland)

^d MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881541407     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31827e8163     Document Type: Article

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