Enhanced otolithic function in semicircular canal dehiscence

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-112

  Manzari, Leonardo ^a,b   Burgess, Ann M ^c   MacDougall, Hamish G ^c   Curthoys, Ian S ^c  

^a MSA ENT Academy Center   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials; otolith; saccular; utricular; VEMPs; vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OSCILLOPSIA; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL DEHISCENCE; TINNITUS; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TINNITUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 78650259841     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2010.507780     Document Type: Article

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