Long-term hearing preservation after middle fossa removal of vestibular schwannoma

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 660-665

  Friedman, Rick A ^a   Kesser, Bradley ^b   Brackmann, Derald E ^a   Fisher, Laurel M ^a   Slattery, William H ^a   Hitselberger, William E ^b  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b House Ear Clinic ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE FOSSA RESECTION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VESTIBULAR NEURILEMOMA;

EID: 0344235436     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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