Acoustic neuromas presenting with normal or symmetrical hearing: Factors associated with diagnosis and outcome

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 212-218

  Lustig, Lawrence R ^a,d   Rifkin, Sasha ^a   Jackler, Robert K ^b   Pitts, Lawrence H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b General Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Audiometry; Case series; Cranial nerve; Hearing preservation; Patient review; Surgery

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR VOLUME; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031925187     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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