Background: Research on the human cochlear anatomy in relation to tonotopy and cochlear
implantation is conducted by specialists from numerous disciplines such as histologists, …

The programming of CIs is essential for good performance. However, no Good Clinical Practice
guidelines exist. This paper reports on the results of an inventory of the current practice …

Importance Pediatric hearing impairment is a chronic handicap that can potentially lead to
the development of psychopathology. Yet, for hearing-impaired children and adolescents, the …

Background Multichannel cochlear implants give better speech understanding than single-channel
devices. They are intended to make use of the tonotopic organization of the cochlea …

The purpose of this study was to examine several behavioral problems in school-aged
hearing-impaired children with hearing aids or cochlear implants, compared to normally hearing …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of depressive symptoms
and the unique contribution of two aspects of emotion regulation (coping and mood states) to …

Background In patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) the estimated
prognosis is usually based on the TNM classification. The relative weight of the three …

Objective Sufficient self-esteem is extremely important for psychosocial functioning. It is
hypothesized that hearing-impaired (HI) children have lower levels of self-esteem, because, …

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the level of empathy in deaf and hard of
hearing (pre)adolescents compared to normal hearing controls and to define the influence …

Objectives: To evaluate sound and speech perception and quality of life in prelingually
deafened adults implanted with state of the art devices. To investigate which patient factors …