Within-subject comparison of word recognition and spiral ganglion cell count in bilateral cochlear implant recipients

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1446-1450

  Seyyedi, Mohammad ^a,b   Viana, Lucas M ^a,b,c   Nadol, Joseph B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Correlation, Performance; Spiral ganglion cell; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPIRAL GANGLION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 84906093405     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000000443     Document Type: Article

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