Improving sound localization after cochlear implantation and auditory training for the management of single-sided deafness

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-276

  Nawaz, Sameerah ^a   McNeill, Celene ^b   Greenberg, Simon L ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory training; Bone Anchored Hearing Aid; Cochlear implant; Osseointegrated bone conduction system; Single sided deafness; Sound localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894214491     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000257     Document Type: Article

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