Is microvascular compression of the vestibulocochlear nerve a cause of unilateral hearing loss?

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 248-252

  Van Der Steenstraten, Femke ^a,b   De Ru, J Alexander ^a   Witkamp, Theo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery; Imaging; Internal auditory canal; Microvascular compression syndrome; Vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 34247486978     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600404     Document Type: Article

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