Frequency specific hearing improvement in microvascular decompression of the cochlear nerve

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-501

  De Ridder, D ^a   Ryu, H ^b   De Mulder, G ^b   Van De Heyning, P ^b   Verlooy, J ^b   Moller A ^c  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochleovestibular compression syndrome; Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Microvascular compression; Microvascular decompression; Tonotopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD VESSEL DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COCHLEAR NERVE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 18044391847     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0497-3     Document Type: Article

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