Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Evidence from Taiwan

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-156

  Wu, Chuan Song ^a   Lin, Herng Ching ^b   Chao, Pin Zhir ^c  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hearing loss, sudden; Season

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE TEST; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 33645987895     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091198     Document Type: Article

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