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OTONEUROLOGY

Natural history of contralateral residual hearing in unilateral cochlear implant users – long-term findings

Noam YehudaiCochlear Implant Program, Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Technion–Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Talma ShpakCochlear Implant Program, Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Technion–Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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Tova MostSchool of Education and Department of Communication Disorders, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Michal LuntzCochlear Implant Program, Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Technion–Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Pages 1073-1076 | Received 05 Mar 2012, Accepted 14 Apr 2012, Published online: 12 Jun 2012

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