Development of conductive hearing loss due to posterior semicircular canal dehiscence. Issue 3 (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kubota, Marie; Kubo, Kazuhiko; Yasui, Tetsuro; Matsumoto, Nozomu; Komune, Shizuo
• Is Part Of: Auris nasus larynx. Volume 42:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 245
• Page End: 248
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Otolaryngology -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2014.10.014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0385-8146

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Abstract</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005">We herein report a case of posterior semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) syndrome who had been audiologically followed up for eight years. The patient originally had sensorineural hearing loss. The audiogram had gradually transformed to pure conductive hearing loss. The posterior SCD was identified in CT scan. The reported case showed the possibility to distinguish the mechanism at play underlying the typical conductive hearing loss in SCD patients by tracing the transition of the hearing loss pattern. This information is of much help to predict the hearing outcomes if surgical intervention were chosen for the treatment.</p> </sec> </abstract>