Otoacoustic emissions and brainstem evoked potentials in compound carriers of connexin 26 mutations

Hearing Research

Volumn 175, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 140-151

  Engel Yeger, B ^a   Zaaroura, S ^b   Zlotogora, J ^c   Shalev, S ^d   Hujeirat, Y ^d   Carrasquillo, M ^e   Saleh, B ^f   Pratt, H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Ilan University   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Auditory; Compound carrier; Congenital deafness; Consanguinity; Hereditary; Outer hair cell

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HAIR CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CHILD; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INNER EAR; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNEXINS; CONSANGUINITY; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION;

EID: 0037229109     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(02)00719-0     Document Type: Article

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