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Long term speech perception after cochlear implant in pediatric patients with GJB2 mutations.
Auris, nasus, larynx - 1 Oct 2013
Yoshida Haruo, Takahashi Haruo, Kanda Yukihiko, Usami Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine the long term effect of cochlear implant (CI) in children with GJB2-related deafness in Japan. METHODS: Genetic testing was performed on 29 children with CI. The speech perception in 9 children with GJB2 gene-related deafness fitted with CI was compared with those in matched 10 children who were diagnosed as having no genetic loci. The average follow-up period after CI was 55.9 months and...
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