Unilateral hearing loss following shunt placement for normal pressure hydrocephalus with a unilateral patent cochlear aqueduct

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 799-802

  Lee, Sun Ho ^a   Park, Seong Hyun ^a   Park, Jaechan ^a   Hwang, Sung Kyoo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cochlear aqueduct; Hearing loss; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Shunt

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE VALVE; COCHLEA AQUEDUCT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; DEVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

AGED; COCHLEAR AQUEDUCT; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34548554537     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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