Dehiscence of bone overlying the superior semicircular canal as a cause of an air-bone gap on audiometry: A case study

American Journal of Audiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-16

  Cox, Kenneth M ^a   Lee, Danie J ^b   Carey, John P ^c   Minor, Lloyd B ^c  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acoustic reflex; Conductive hearing loss; High resolution CT scan; Superior canal dehiscence syndrome; Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; HUMAN; MASTOID; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MASTOID; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041829046     PISSN: 10590889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1059-0889(2003/004)     Document Type: Article

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