The status of the contralateral ear in established unilateral menière’s disease

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1373-1376

  Perez, Ronen ^a,b   Chen, Joseph M ^a,b   Nedzelski, Julian M ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

audiometric changes; Bilateral Meni re s disease; gentamicin installation; low frequency HL

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETER; AUDIOMETRY; DISABILITY; DRUG INSTILLATION; EAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE;

EID: 3843146304     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200408000-00010     Document Type: Article

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