Imaging in 28 children with cochlear nerve aplasia

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-461

  Carner, Marco ^a   Colletti, Liliana ^a   Shannon, Robert ^b   Cerini, Roberto ^a   Barillari, Marco ^a   Mucelli, Roberto Pozzi ^a   Colletti, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem implants; Children; Cochlear nerve aplasia; Computed tomography; CT; Inner ear malformations; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APLASIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE APLASIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; EAR MALFORMATION; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; NERVE MALFORMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; IMPLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANTATION; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66349114547     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480902737978     Document Type: Article

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