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Performance after cochlear implantation in DFNB1 patients.
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - 1 Oct 2007
Connell Sarah S, Angeli Simon I, Suarez Hamlet, Hodges Annelle V, Balkany Thomas J, Liu Xue Z
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the speech perception and language development with cochlear implants (CI) of DFNB1 children in comparison with non-DFNB1 deaf children. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series. SETTING: Academic tertiary center. RESULTS: Thirty-one congenitally deafened children, screened for GJB2 allele variants, were followed for an average 32 months after CI. With the use of age-appropriate testing, 75%...
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