Speech perception in adolescents with pre-lingual hearing impairment with cochlear implants Percepção de fala em adolescentes com surdez pré-lingual usuários de implante coclear

Profound hearing loss is a disability that affects personality and when it involves teenagers before language acquisition, these bio-psychosocial conflicts can be exacerbated, requiring careful evaluation and choice of them for cochlear implant. AIM: To evaluate speech perception by adolescents with...

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Main Authors: Izi Patricia Souza de Souza, Rubens de Brito, Ricardo Ferreira Bento, Maria Valéria S. Goffi Gomez, Robinson Koji Tsuji, Mariana Hausen-Pinna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942011000200003