American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 19-23 , January 2003

Superiority of bilateral cochlear implantation over unilateral cochlear implantation in tone discrimination in chinese patients

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☆ Address correspondence to: William Ignace Wei, FRCS, FRCSE, FACS, FHKAM, Department of Surgery, Division of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: hrmswwi@hkucc.hku.hk.

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doi: 10.1053/ajot.2003.8

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 19-23 , January 2003

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