Sensorineural hearing loss after radiotherapy for head and neck tumors: A prospective study of the effect of radiation

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-463

  Yilmaz, Yavuz Fuat ^a   Aytas, F Ilknur ^b   Akdogan, Ozgur ^a   Sari, Kamran ^a   Savas, Zuleyha Gorgu ^b   Titiz, Ali ^a   Tumoz, Mubeccel ^b   Unal, Adnan ^a  

^a KBB ^*  (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Head and neck cancer; Otoacoustic emissions; Radiotherapy; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; X-RAYS;

EID: 47249102462     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31816c7c9e     Document Type: Article

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