Topical review: Temporomandibular disorders in an integral otic symptom model

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-227

  Ramirez, L M ^a,b   Ballesteros, L E ^a   Sandoval, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b Edificio la Nacional ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

Otalgia; Otic fullness; Subjective hearing loss; Temporomandibular disorders; Tensor tympani; Tensor veli palatini; Tinnitus; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DIZZINESS; EAR DISEASE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MENIERE DISEASE; MODEL; MOUTH AND TEETH; OTALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EARACHE; HUMANS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 41849086588     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701843137     Document Type: Review

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