Age-related hearing loss: The status of Schuknecht's typology

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 439-443

  Ohlemiller, Kevin K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ahl; Cadherin 23; Cochlea; Hair cells; Presbycusis; Spiral ganglion cells; Spiral ligament; Spiral limbus; Stria vascularis; Waltzer

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

AGE RELATED HEARING LOSS; AGING; AHL GENE; CELL LOSS; CELL TYPE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY NERVE; SPIRAL GANGLION; STRIA VASCULARIS;

EID: 4644346915     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000134450.99615.22     Document Type: Review

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