Open AccessCochlear Implant Outcome Is Not Influenced by the Choice of Ear
Author(s) -
Howard W. Francis,
Jennifer Yeagle,
Stephen Bowditch,
John K. Niparko
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/00003446-200508001-00003
Subject(s) - audiology , cochlear implant , medicine , hearing loss , speech perception , cochlear implantation , retrospective cohort study , unilateral hearing loss , surgery , psychology , perception , neuroscience
This study tested the hypothesis that patients with residual hearing in the nonimplanted ear had the same cochlear implant benefit whether the implanted ear had profound or severe hearing loss.