Hearing preservation with full insertion of the FLEXsoft electrode

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mick, Paul ^a   Amoodi, Hosam ^a   Shipp, David ^a   Friesen, Lendra ^a   Symons, Sean ^a   Lin, Vincent ^a   Nedzelski, Julian ^a   Chen, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Hearing preservation; Soft surger

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891831828     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318291c66d     Document Type: Article

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