American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 332-338 , September 2010

Benefit from bimodal hearing in a group of prelingually deafened adult cochlear implant users

Received 15 September 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(09)00070-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.04.002

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 332-338 , September 2010

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