Assessment of variation throughout the year in the incidence of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Jourdy, Deya N ^a   Donatelli, Luke A ^a   Victor, Jonathan D ^a   Selesnick, Samuel H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Seasonal variation; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sudden hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 74349116001     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181c4c2d6     Document Type: Article

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