Deafness - Rehabilitation
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Tone discrimination and speech perception benefit in Mandarin-speaking children fit with HiRes fidelity 120 sound processing.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To compare tone discrimination, speech perception, and general listening benefit in Mandarin-speaking children using standard HiRes and after 1, 3, and 6 months of HiRes 120 use. The HiResolution Bionic Ear is an implantable prosthesis ... Read more...

Preliminary results of auditory brainstem implantation in prelingually deaf children with inner ear malformations including severe stenosis of the cochlear aperture and aplasia of the cochlear nerve.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study is to present the results of 11 children where auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) was successfully performed to restore hearing. STUDY DESIGN: Case presentation. This study was conducted at the departments of ... Read more...

Auditory midbrain implant: a review.

30 Aug 2009 The auditory midbrain implant (AMI) is a new hearing prosthesis designed for stimulation of the inferior colliculus in deaf patients who cannot sufficiently benefit from cochlear implants. The authors have begun clinical trials in which five ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Deafness - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Tone discrimination and speech perception benefit in Mandarin-speaking children fit with HiRes fidelity 120 sound processing. 30 Aug 2009
• Preliminary results of auditory brainstem implantation in prelingually deaf children with inner ear malformations including severe stenosis of the cochlear aperture and aplasia of the cochlear nerve. 30 Aug 2009
• Auditory midbrain implant: a review. 30 Aug 2009
• [Neurofibromatosis type 2 and auditory brainstem implantation] 11 Aug 2009
• [Present state of cochlear implant treatment in adults and children] 29 Jun 2009
• [New developments in cochlear implantation] 29 Jun 2009
• [Surgical technique in cochlear implantation] 29 Jun 2009
• [Examining informational masking in cochlear implant users] 29 Jun 2009
• [Development of a German version of the Functioning After Pediatric Cochlear Implantation (FAPCI) questionnaire] 29 Jun 2009
• [(Re)habilitation after cochlear implantation] 29 Jun 2009
• [Audiologic rehabilitation of patients with cochlear implants] 29 Jun 2009
• [Long-term functional outcomes of cochlear implants in children] 29 Jun 2009
• Effectiveness of multi-channel unilateral cochlear implants for profoundly deaf children: a systematic review. 30 May 2009
• [Speech intelligibility tests in cochlear implant patients] 30 May 2009
• [Central auditory prosthesis] 30 May 2009
• [Improving speech comprehension using a new cochlear implant speech processor] 30 May 2009
• Effects of high-rate pulse trains on electrode discrimination in cochlear implant users. 30 May 2009
• Soft cochlear implantation: rationale for the surgical approach. 30 May 2009
• Cochlear implant surgery in patients more than seventy-nine years old. 30 May 2009
• Processing of voices in deafness rehabilitation by auditory brainstem implant. 25 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Deafness'

Definition: A general term for the complete loss of the ability to hear from both ears.

Descriptor UI: D003638

Alternative terms: Deafness; Bilateral Deafness; Deafness, Bilateral; Hearing Loss, Complete; Complete Hearing Loss; Prelingual Deafness; Deafness, Prelingual; Deaf-Mutism; Deaf Mutism; Deafness, Acquired; Acquired Deafness; Hearing Loss, Extreme; Extreme Hearing Loss;

Related Mesh Headings: Hearing Aids; Lipreading;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C09.218.458.341.186; C10.597.751.418.341.186; C23.888.592.763.393.341.186;

Online Note: use DEAFNESS to search DEAF-MUTISM 1966-79

History Note: DEAF-MUTISM was heading 1963-79

Technical Notes: differentiate from HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; see various specific terms under HEARING LOSS