Value of computed tomography in the evaluation of children with cochlear nerve deficiency

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 597-604

  Adunka, Oliver F ^a   Jewells, Valerie ^a   Buchman, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Auditory neuropathy; Cochlear implant; Cochlear nerve; Development; Hearing aid; Inner ear; Internal auditory canal; Malformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34547764729     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000281804.36574.72     Document Type: Article

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