Fluctuating corticosteroid-responsive auditory neuropathy/dyssynchrony is suggestive of central nervous system pathology

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1002-1004

  Mallur, Pavan S ^a   Lalwani, Anil K ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NVB 5E5 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory neuropathy dyssynchrony; Corticosteroid responsive hearing loss; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ACYCLOVIR; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; COCHLEAR NERVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 36549042551     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318157f7f5     Document Type: Article

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