Recovery of low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss following resection of a greater superficial petrosal nerve schwannoma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-184

  Sade, Burak ^a   Lee, Joung H ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Section of Skull Base Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Facial nerve; Geniculate ganglion; Hearing loss; Petrosal nerve; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COCHLEA; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PETROUS BONE;

EID: 34347377572     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/07/0181     Document Type: Article

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