Can otoplasty impact hearing? A prospective randomized controlled study examining the effects of pinna position on speech reception and intelligibility

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  McNeil, Michael L ^a   Aiken, Steve J ^a   Bance, Manohar ^a,b   Leadbetter, Jeff R ^b   Hong, Paul ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IN NOISE TEST; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY INDEX; YOUNG ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EAR; EAR SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; EAR; EAR AURICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885434763     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1916-0216-42-10     Document Type: Article

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