Steroid treatment of hearing loss in enlarged vestibular aqueduct anomaly

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1711-1715

  Grimmer, Johannes Fredrik ^a   Hedlund, Gary ^b   Park, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enlarged vestibular aqueduct; Hearing loss; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 52949103281     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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