Hearing outcomes of vestibular schwannoma patients managed with wait and scan: Predictive value of hearing level at diagnosis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-494

  Stangerup, S E ^a   Tos, M ^a   Thomsen, J ^a   Caye Thomasen, P ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic Neuroma; Hearing Level; Natural History; Vestibular Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROGNOSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952431089     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109992611     Document Type: Article

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