Investigation Protocol for Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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Investigation Protocol for Sensorineural Hearing Loss
The etiology of sensorineural hearing loss is multifactorial which makes the diagnosis a challenging exercise and often an unsolved mystery. Whilst pure tone audiometry is a mandatory investigation, others such as laboratory and radiology are based on clinical evaluation. This paper puts forward a protocol for the investigation for sensorineural hearing loss.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: An International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Clinics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0975-444X,0975-6957
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10003-1023