Diffusion tensor imaging in children with unilateral hearing loss: A pilot study

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Rachakonda, Tara ^a   Shimony, Joshua S ^a,b   Coalson, Rebecca S ^a,b   Lieu, Judith E C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hearing loss; Magnetic resonance imaging; Unilateral hearing loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901687295     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00087     Document Type: Article

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