Is Bilateral Cochlear Implantation Cost-Effective Compared to Unilateral Cochlear Implantation?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

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Joshua J Sturm et al. Laryngoscope. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;131(5):947-949.

doi: 10.1002/lary.28747. Epub 2020 May 20.

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

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In Response to Is Bilateral Cochlear Implantation Cost-Effective Compared to Unilateral Cochlear Implantation?
Sturm JJ, Stern Shavit S, Vicario-QuinoŃes F, Lalwani AK. Sturm JJ, et al. Laryngoscope. 2021 May;131(5):E1700. doi: 10.1002/lary.29467. Epub 2021 Feb 26. Laryngoscope. 2021. PMID: 33635539 No abstract available.
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