Is There a Relation between Speech Recognition and the Position of Cochlear Implant Electrodes in the Inner Ear?

Margaret W. Skinner; Darlene R. Ketten; Laura K. Holden; Bruce R. Whiting; Lawrence T. Cohen; Gary W. Harding; Kyongtae Bae; Peter G. Smith; George A. Gates; J. Gail Neely; G. Robert Kletzker

doi:10.1055/s-2002-24980

Semin Hear 2002; 23(1): 097-098
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-24980

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Is There a Relation between Speech Recognition and the Position of Cochlear Implant Electrodes in the Inner Ear?

Margaret W. Skinner¹ , Darlene R. Ketten² , Laura K. Holden¹ , Bruce R. Whiting¹ , Lawrence T. Cohen³ , Gary W. Harding¹ , Kyongtae Bae¹ , Peter G. Smith¹ , George A. Gates⁴ , J. Gail Neely¹ , G. Robert Kletzker¹

¹Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
²Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
³University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
⁴University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington

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