Cochlear implantation in children with cochlear nerve deficiency

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 912-917

  Vincenti, Vincenzo ^a   Ormitti, Francesca ^b   Ventura, Elisa ^b   Guida, Maurizio ^a   Piccinini, Alessia ^a   Pasanisi, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Cochlear nerve deficiency; Hearing rehabilitation; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE DEFICIENCY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIP READING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TEST; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84899970167     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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