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University of North Carolina, U.S.

Auditory neuropathy diagnosis in children should be accompanied by MRI

Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, September 5th, 2006

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is indicated for all children diagnosed with auditory neuropathy (AN).

Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to describe a group of children exhibiting electrophysiologic responses characteristic of AN who were subsequently identified as having absent or small cochlear nerves (i.e., cochlear nerve deficiency). The study was a retrospective review of the clinical records, audiological testing results, and MRI studies."

C.A. Buchman and colleagues, University of North Carolina, wrote, "Fifty-one of 65 children with AN characteristics on auditory brain stem response (ABR) testing had MRI available for...

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