Successful outcomes of cochlear implantation in long-term unilateral deafness: Brain plasticity?

NeuroReport

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 724-729

  Távora Vieira, Dayse ^a,b   Boisvert, Isabelle ^c,d   McMahon, Catherine M ^d   Maric, Vesna ^b   Rajan, Gunesh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Medical Audiology Services   (Australia)

^c Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cochlear implantation; long term deafness duration; unilateral deafness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

EID: 84883452862     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283642a93     Document Type: Article

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