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Auditory perception and speech discrimination after cochlear implantation in patients with connexin 26 (GJB2) gene-related deafness.
Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology - 1 Nov 2004
Sinnathuray Arasa Raj, Toner Joseph G, Geddis Andrea, Clarke-Lyttle Joanne, Patterson Christopher C, Hughes Anne E
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HYPOTHESIS: Auditory perception and speech discrimination among pediatric cochlear implantees may vary because of underlying deafness etiology, including connexin 26 (GJB2) gene-related deafness. BACKGROUND: Preliminary data suggest pathologic changes due to GJB2 mutations do not affect the spiral ganglion cells, which are stimulated by the cochlear implant. The survival of the spiral ganglion cells is believed...
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