Audiometric characteristics of USH2a patients

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-231

  Leijendeckers, Joop M ^a   Pennings, Ronald J E ^a   Snik, Ad F M ^a   Bosman, Arjan J ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DFNA13; DFNA8 12; Psychophysical measurements; Sensorineural hearing loss; USH2a

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHENOTYPE; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; USHER SYNDROME; USHER SYNDROME TYPE IIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HEARING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

SCLEROPROTEIN; USH2A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PRESBYCUSIS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; USHER SYNDROMES;

EID: 58149157477     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189265     Document Type: Article

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