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Profound childhood hearing loss in a South Africa cohort: risk profile, diagnosis and age of intervention.
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology - 1 Jan 2015
le Roux Talita, Swanepoel De Wet, Louw Anel, Vinck Bart, Tshifularo Mashudu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe profound childhood hearing loss in a South African population of pediatric cochlear implant recipients in terms of risk profile, and age of diagnosis and intervention. METHODS: A retrospective review of patient files for 264 pediatric cochlear implant recipients from five cochlear implant programs was conducted. Data was captured from 264 eligible subjects, of which all were implanted...
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