Hearing Loss, Conductive - Etiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Failures in stapedotomy for otosclerosis.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To review the results of 78 revision stapedotomies, determining the causes of failure and the predictors of surgical success. STUDY DESIGN: Case series with chart review. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: ... Read more...

Postpartum vertigo and superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Superior semicircular canal dehiscence is a recently described cause of imbalance, hearing loss, and tinnitus. Symptoms may begin after abrupt changes in intracranial or middle ear pressure. CASE: This patient presented with a 6-year ... Read more...

Balance after stapedotomy: analysis of balance with computerized dynamic posturography.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate vestibular symptoms and their effect on the balance in otosclerosis patients undergoing stapedotomy operations. DESIGN & SETTING: Prospective study at an academic tertiary referral centre. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hearing Loss, Conductive - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Tuberculous otitis media. 30 Aug 2009
• Failures in stapedotomy for otosclerosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Postpartum vertigo and superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Balance after stapedotomy: analysis of balance with computerized dynamic posturography. 30 May 2009
• Hearing loss in children. 30 May 2009
• [Association of an arachnoid cyst with heterotopic neuroglial tissue in the internal auditory canal] 17 May 2009
• Hearing loss unusually caused by tubercular retropharyngeal abscess. 29 Apr 2009
• Neurofibromatosis type 1 causing conductive hearing loss. 29 Apr 2009
• [Verification of malleus head fixation : computed tomography as diagnosis standard] 29 Apr 2009
• Neuroendocrine adenoma of the middle ear (NAME). 30 Mar 2009
• Eustachian tube foreign body undetected for 30 years: case report. 30 Mar 2009
• Single vertical incision for Baha implant surgery: preliminary results. 30 Mar 2009
• [Surgical therapy of acquired auditory canal atresia of inflammatory origin and after-care] 7 Mar 2009
• Iatrogenic carotid artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with conductive hearing loss. 27 Feb 2009
• Traumatic perilymphatic fistula with the luxation of the stapes into the vestibule. 21 Feb 2009
• Incudostapedial joint arthroplasty using temporalis fascia/perichondrium ties. 4 Feb 2009
• Cholesteatoma behind an intact tympanic membrane in adult life: congenital or acquired? 2 Feb 2009
• Stapes surgery for post-traumatic conductive hearing loss: how we do it. 30 Jan 2009
• Surgery of idiopathic malleus fixation. 30 Jan 2009
• Inner ear anomalies and conductive hearing loss in children with Apert syndrome: an overlooked otologic aspect. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Hearing Loss, Conductive'

Definition: Hearing loss due to interference with the mechanical reception or amplification of sound to the COCHLEA. The interference is in the outer or middle ear involving the EAR CANAL; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; or EAR OSSICLES.

Descriptor UI: D006314

Alternative terms: Hearing Loss, Conductive; Conductive Hearing Loss;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C09.218.458.341.562; C10.597.751.418.341.562; C23.888.592.763.393.341.562;

History Note: 91(79); was see under HEARING LOSS, PARTIAL 1979-90

Technical Notes: HEARING LOSS, MIXED CONDUCTIVE-SENSORINEURAL is also available.