Audiological and electrocochleography findings in hearing-impaired children with connexin 26 mutations and otoacoustic emissions

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Santarelli, Rosamaria ^a   Cama, Elona ^a   Scimemi, Pietro ^a   Dal Monte, Erica ^a   Genovese, Elisabetta ^b   Arslan, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auditory neuropathy; Connexin 26; Electrocochleography; Hyperbilirubinemia

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROCOCHLEOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; CONNEXINS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 36348984404     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0412-z     Document Type: Article

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