Unilateral sensorineural hearing loss in adults: Etiology and management

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-325

  Voelker, Courtney C J ^a   Chole, Richard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baha (bone anchored hearing aid); CROS (contralateral routing of the signal); single sided deafness; unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SALICYLIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFECTION; MENIERE DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROIMAGING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOTOXICITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERILYMPH FISTULA; STROKE; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

EID: 78650134071     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268032     Document Type: Article

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