Apparent cochlear nerve aplasia: To implant or not to implant?

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1088-1094

  Warren, Frank M ^a   Wiggins, Richard H ^a   Pitt, Cache ^b   Harnsberger, H Ric ^a   Shelton, Clough ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Cochlear nerve aplasia; Cochlear nerve canal; Evoked auditory potentials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956344774     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181eb3272     Document Type: Article

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