Cochlear implant failure due to unexpected absence of the eighth nerve - A cautionary tale

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 646-649

  Gray, R F ^a   Ray, J ^b   Baguley, D M ^b   Vanat, Z ^b   Begg, J ^b   Phelps, P D ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Ear, anatomy; Hearing loss, sensorineural, congenital; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; NERVE MALFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031821489     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100141349     Document Type: Article

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