Cochlear Nerve Hypoplasia: Audiological Characteristics in Children and Adults

• Published in: Audiology & neurotology Vol. 24; no. 3; p. 147
• Main Authors: Cinar, Betul Cicek, Tahir, Emel, Batuk, Merve Ozbal, Yarali, Mehmet, Sennaroglu, Gonca, Sennaroglu, Levent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Audiometry; Child; Child, Preschool; Cochlear Nerve - abnormalities; Cochlear Nerve - physiopathology; Female; Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural - physiopathology; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - physiopathology; Humans; Infant; Male; Young Adult; Cochlear nerve deficiency; Inner ear malformation; Cochlear nerve hypoplasia; Audiological findings

Cochlear nerve deficiency is a general term used to describe both cochlear nerve hypoplasia (CNH) and cochlear nerve aplasia. Although these two conditions can have similar results on audiological evaluation, CNH yields more variation in audiological tests. To describe the audiological characteristi...