Hearing preservation in neurofibromatosis type 2

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 638-643

  Slattery III, William H ^a   Brackmann, Derald E ^a   Hitselberger, William ^b  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Neurological Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing preservation; Neurofibromatosis Type 2; NF2; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031659367     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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