title: Benefit provided by a multi-electrode intracochlear implant to a prelinguistically deaf adult.
abstract: The authors describe the therapy and performance of a prelinguistically deaf adult using a multi-electrode, intracochlear implant. The post-operative test results show that this patient receives greater benefit with the cochlear implant than he received with a hearing aid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Binzer
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Juelich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test