The large vestibular aqueduct - Case report and review of the literature

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 788-795

  Steinbach, Silke ^a   Brockmeier, Steffi Johanna ^a   Kiefer, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Head trauma; Inner ear malformation; Large vestibular aqueduct (LVA); Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EAR SURGERY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEAD INJURY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LARGE VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT; MIDDLE EAR; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENDRED SYNDROME; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEAFNESS; ENDOLYMPHATIC DUCT; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 33746192292     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500527276     Document Type: Review

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