American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 302-308 , September 2007

Auditory neuropathy: clinical characteristics and therapeutic approach

  • Eyal Raveh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Otolaryngology Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Pediatric Otolaryngology Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan Street, Petah Tiqwa 49202, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 925 3755; fax: +972 3 925 3273.
    • ,
  • Nora Buller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Otolaryngology Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • ,
  • Ola Badrana, MA

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Audiology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • ,
  • Joseph Attias, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Audiology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Department of Communication Disorders, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

Received 7 June 2006

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.09.006

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 302-308 , September 2007

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