The bony cochlear nerve canal in children with absent or hypoplastic cochlear nerves

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-773

  Pagarkar, Waheeda ^a   Gunny, Roxana ^b   Saunders, Dawn E ^b   Yung, Wai ^c   Rajput, Kaukab ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochlear implantation; Cochlear nerve; Computerised tomography; Hearing loss, sensorineural; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26;

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BONY COCHLEAR NERVE CANAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE AGENESIS; COCHLEAR NERVE HYPOPLASIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955738634     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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