Cochlear nerve aplasia: Its importance in cochlear implantation

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-337

  Maxwell, Angela P ^a   Mason, Steve M ^b   O'Donoghue, Gerard M ^b  

^a Nottingham Paediatric Cochlear Implant Programme   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Electrical auditory brain stem response; Explantation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nerve aplasia

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EAR SURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

ATROPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033491718     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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