A clinical study of the efferent auditory system in patients with normal hearing who have acute tinnitus

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Riga, Maria ^a   Papadas, Thedoros ^a   Werner, Jochen A ^b   Dalchow, Carsten V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Park Klinik Weissensee   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contralateral suppression; Distortion product; Efferent; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINNITUS; WHITE NOISE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COCHLEA; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 33846611045     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31802e2a14     Document Type: Article

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