TY - JOUR
T1 - Our experience with bilateral cochlear implantation
AU - Carmel, Eldar
AU - Taitelbaum-Swead, Ricky
AU - Migirov, Lela
AU - Hildesheimer, Minka
AU - Kronenberg, Jona
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Cochlear implantation is a standard method of hearing rehabilitation among patients with severe to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. In recent years there have been an increasing number of studies showing superior hearing with bilateral cochlear implantation in comparison with a unilateral procedure. In this study we present our experience with 15 patients, children and adults, who had bilateral cochlear implant surgery. Speech perception test results demonstrated a hearing benefit in bilateral cochlear implantation in comparison with a unilateral device, mainly by improvement in the identification of speech in noise tests.
AB - Cochlear implantation is a standard method of hearing rehabilitation among patients with severe to profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. In recent years there have been an increasing number of studies showing superior hearing with bilateral cochlear implantation in comparison with a unilateral procedure. In this study we present our experience with 15 patients, children and adults, who had bilateral cochlear implant surgery. Speech perception test results demonstrated a hearing benefit in bilateral cochlear implantation in comparison with a unilateral device, mainly by improvement in the identification of speech in noise tests.
KW - Bilateral cochlear implant
KW - Head shadow effect
KW - Sensorineural hearing loss
KW - Suprameatal approach
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C2 - 18488858
AN - SCOPUS:48949084941
SN - 0017-7768
VL - 147
SP - 200
EP - 203
JO - Harefuah
JF - Harefuah
IS - 3
ER -