Prospective radiological study concerning a series of patients suffering from conductive or mixed hearing loss due to superior semicircular canal dehiscence.

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serval:BIB_8D0568EC3EFB
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Prospective radiological study concerning a series of patients suffering from conductive or mixed hearing loss due to superior semicircular canal dehiscence.
Journal
European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology
Author(s)
Martin C., Chahine P., Veyret C., Richard C., Prades J.M., Pouget J.F.
ISSN
1434-4726 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0937-4477
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2009
Volume
266
Number
8
Pages
1175-1181
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Comparative Study ; Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The aim of this study is to appreciate the incidence of patients with isolated conductive hearing loss with normal drum due to superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD). It is a prospective radiological study. Two hundred and seventy-two patients with a normal drum suffering from isolated unilateral or bilateral conductive or mixed hearing loss were included in a prospective radiological study. A high resolution computerized tomography (HRCT) was performed in all the patients. Those who were found to have a unilateral or bilateral SCD underwent further etiological, clinical, audiologic evaluation. Ten patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss were found to have a unilateral or bilateral SCD. The disease was bilateral in five cases, and most often associated with a dehiscence of the tegmen tympani on both sides, supporting the theory of the congenital nature of the disease. There was no clear correlation between symptoms and the size of the SCD. Because patients were not suffering from incapacitating vestibular symptoms, they were not operated for surgical occlusion of the SCD, and were referred to a hearing aid specialist to improve hearing. Conductive or mixed hearing loss due to SCD is relatively frequent, justifying in our opinion that a systematic HRCT be carried out before surgery of any patient with conductive hearing loss.
Keywords
Adult, Aged, Audiometry, Pure-Tone, Auditory Threshold, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hearing Loss, Conductive/etiology, Hearing Loss, Conductive/physiopathology, Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural/etiology, Hearing Loss, Mixed Conductive-Sensorineural/physiopathology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Semicircular Canals/pathology, Semicircular Canals/radiography, Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods
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