Somatic (craniocervical) tinnitus and the dorsal cochlear nucleus hypothesis

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 351-362

  Levine, Robert Aaron ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0032716785     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(99)90074-1     Document Type: Article

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