Conductive hearing loss caused by third-window lesions of the inner ear

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-289

  Merchant, Saumil N ^a   Rosowski, John J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air bone gap; Conductive hearing loss; Third window lesions

Indexed keywords

BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MENIERE DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 41349104942     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318161ab24     Document Type: Review

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