Effect of cochlear implant electrode insertion on middle-ear function as measured by intra-operative laser Doppler vibrometry [PDF]
Hypothesis: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of cochlear implant electrode insertion on middle-ear low frequency function in humans.Background: Preservation of residual low frequency hearing with addition of electrical speech ...
Bamiou, DE+6 more
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Analysis of ceiling effects occurring with speech recognition tests in adult cochlear-implanted patients [PDF]
This article presents a simple method of analysing speech test scores which are biased through ceiling effects. Eighty postlingually deafened adults implanted with a MED-EL COMBI 40/40+ cochlear implant (CI) were administered a numbers test and a ...
Anderson, Ilona+9 more
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Electrical vestibular stimulation in humans. A narrative review [PDF]
Background: In patients with bilateral vestibulopathy, the regular treatment options, such as medication, surgery, and/ or vestibular rehabilitation, do not always suffice. Therefore, the focus in this field of vestibular research shifted to electri-
Barbara, Maurizio+10 more
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Frontal brain asymmetries as effective parameters to assess the quality of audiovisual stimuli perception in adult and young cochlear implant users [PDF]
How is music perceived by cochlear implant (CI) users? This question arises as "the next step" given the impressive performance obtained by these patients in language perception.
Babiloni, F+12 more
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Early assessment of vestibular function after unilateral cochlear implant surgery [PDF]
Introduction : Cochlear implantation (CI) has been reported to negatively effect on the vestibular function. The study of the vestibular function has variably been conducted by different types of diagnostic tools. The combined use of modern, rapidly
Barbara, M+6 more
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Congenitally deaf children's care trajectories in the context of universal neonatal hearing screening: a qualitative study of the parental experiences [PDF]
The objective of this study is to examine the early care trajectories of congenitally deaf children from a parental perspective, starting with universal neonatal hearing screenings.
Desnerck, Greetje+7 more
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Cochlear implantation in children
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Broek, P. van den+5 more
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Long-Term Cochlear Implant Users [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to investigate psychosocial outcomes in a sample of prelingually deaf, early-implanted children, adolescents, and young adults who are long-term cochlear implant (CI) users and to examine the extent to ...
Castellanos, Irina+2 more
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Phonological awareness, vocabulary, and word reading in children who use cochlear implants: does age of implantation explain individual variability in performance outcomes and growth? [PDF]
The phonological awareness (PA), vocabulary, and word reading abilities of 19 children with cochlear implants (CI) were assessed. Nine children had an implant early (between 2 and 3.6 years) and 10 had an implant later (between 5 and 7 years ...
Brinton, Julie+3 more
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Long-Term Functional Outcomes after 10 Years of Bilateral Cochlear Implantat Use [PDF]
The aims were to determine the benefit of bilateral cochlear implantation in a 20 years old patient implanted in Croatia on hearing and speech development. The male patient, after 10 years of deafness, got cochlear implants Med-EL Combi 40+ on both sides
Igor Petrović+5 more
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