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Etiologic Considerations

Bradly J. Edgerton, PhD; Judith A. Brimacombe, MA; William F. House, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1985;111(4):255-258.

Abstract
• The clinical audiometric test results from 53 postlingually deafened adults using the House single-channel cochlear implant were analyzed according to cause of deafness (otosclerosis, ototoxic drugs, meningitis, and trauma). With the exception of one measure, the routine clinical tests did not show a relationship between cause of deafness and performance with the cochlear implant. These findings suggest that, clinically, the single-channel cochlear implant is a viable prosthesis for patients with a wide variety of causes of deafness.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1985;111:255-258)

Author Affiliations
From the House Ear Institute, Los Angeles. Read in part before the mid-winter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St Petersburg, Fla, Jan 25, 1983.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 6, 1984.

Reprint requests to 256 S Lake St, Los Angeles, CA 90057 (Dr House).

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