Sudden hearing loss and pregnancy: A review

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-339

  Goh, A Y ^a   Hussain, S S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hearing Loss; Neuroma, Acoustic; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN 40; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; PROGESTERONE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HEARING ACUITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MENIERE DISEASE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONCARDIOGENIC LUNG EDEMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEXTRANS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84859143510     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215112000114     Document Type: Review

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