Cochlear implantation in unilateral sudden deafness improves tinnitus and speech comprehension: Meta-analysis and systematic review

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1426-1432

  Blasco, Michael A ^a   Redleaf, Miriam I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Speech comprehension; Tinnitus; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906097178     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000431     Document Type: Review

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