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Surgical considerations and speech outcomes in infants who undergo cochlear implantation

Experience of the King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center

Eman A. Hajr, Tahani Alotaibi, Nasser W. Alobida and Abdulrahman A. Alsanosi
Saudi Medical Journal November 2019, 40 (11) 1123-1128; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.11.24061
Eman A. Hajr
From the Department of ENT (Hajr), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Communication and Swallowing Disorder Unit (Alotaibi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the ENT Department (Alobida), King Fahad Medical City and from the King Abdullah Ear Specialist Centre (Alsanosi), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tahani Alotaibi
From the Department of ENT (Hajr), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Communication and Swallowing Disorder Unit (Alotaibi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the ENT Department (Alobida), King Fahad Medical City and from the King Abdullah Ear Specialist Centre (Alsanosi), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nasser W. Alobida
From the Department of ENT (Hajr), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Communication and Swallowing Disorder Unit (Alotaibi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the ENT Department (Alobida), King Fahad Medical City and from the King Abdullah Ear Specialist Centre (Alsanosi), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman A. Alsanosi
From the Department of ENT (Hajr), College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the Communication and Swallowing Disorder Unit (Alotaibi), King Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the ENT Department (Alobida), King Fahad Medical City and from the King Abdullah Ear Specialist Centre (Alsanosi), King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Eman A. Hajr, Tahani Alotaibi, Nasser W. Alobida, Abdulrahman A. Alsanosi
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