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Using assessment of higher brain functions of children with GJB2-associated deafness and cochlear implants as a procedure to evaluate language development.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Aug 2006
Kawasaki Akihiro, Fukushima Kunihiro, Kataoka Yuko, Fukuda Shoichiro, Nishizaki Kazunori
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OBJECTIVE: While investigators have reported that patients with GJB2-associated deafness and cochlear implants have preferable language development, the mechanisms of this phenomenon remains unknown. The goal of the present study was to assess higher brain functions of patients with GJB2-related and GJB2-unrelated deafness as a method of evaluating language development. METHODS: Eight children with cochlear...
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