A superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome multicenter study: Is there an association between size and symptoms?

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-454

  Pfammatter, Alain ^a   Darrouzet, Vincent ^b   Gärtner, Marcel ^a   Somers, Thomas ^c   Van Dinther, Joost ^c   Trabalzini, Franco ^d   Ayache, Denis ^e   Linder, Thomas ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Luzern ^*  (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c Department of Otorhinolaryngology   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Otology Neurotology Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Conductive hearing loss; Dizziness; Inner ear; Superior semicircular canal dehiscence; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL BONE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL BONE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77950993437     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181d27740     Document Type: Article

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