Implication of bony cochlear nerve canal on hearing in patients with congenital unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 282-289

  Jang, Jeong Hun ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^b   Yoo, Jae Chul ^b   Kim, Chang Hee ^b   Kim, Min Soo ^b   Chang, Sun O ^b   Oh, Seung Ha ^b   Lee, Jun Ho ^b,c  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bony cochlear nerve canal; Hearing loss; Temporal bone computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL BONE; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

CHILD; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84861336748     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338821     Document Type: Article

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