Delineating the hearing loss in children with enlarged vestibular aqueduct

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2062-2066

  Zhou, Guangwei ^a,c   Gopen, Quinton ^a,b   Kenna, Margaret A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Air bone gap(s); Enlarged vestibular aqueduct; Vestibular evoked myogenic potential

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENLARGED VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC WARD; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL BONE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TYMPANOMETRY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INNER EAR DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 56149098099     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31818208ad     Document Type: Article

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