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Translabyrinthine nerve section: effect on tinnitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2011

David M. Barrs  and
Derald E. Brackmann
David M. Barrs
Affiliation:
(LOS Angeles)
Derald E. Brackmann
Affiliation:
(LOS Angeles)
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Abstract

The effect on tinnitus in 110 patients undergoing translabyrinthine vestibular nerve section is presented. The effect on tinnitus of vestibular and cochlear nerve section (VCNS) together and vestibular nerve section (VNS) alone was studied. The number of patients improved with VCNS (61 per cent) was slightly better than with VNS alone (49 per cent). VNS alone worsened tinnitus more often than VCNS. Age, side involved, sex, etiology of vertigo, severity of tinnitus, interference with sleep and activities, slope of the pre-operative audiogram, and magnitude of the hearing loss had no value in predicting the change in tinnitus following either VNS or VCNS.

Type
Session V. Treatment Methods and Results (Chairman: A. Shulman)
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , supplement S9: Proceedings of the II International Tinnitus Seminar. New York, 10 and 11 June 1983 , June 1984 , pp. 287 - 293
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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