Large vestibular aqueduct syndrome: a tutorial and three case studies.
The large vestibular aqueduct (LVA) syndrome is a congenital malformation that predisposes the patient ultimately to a loss of hearing and possible continuing vestibular disorder. If the LVA patient is diagnosed, it typically is not until later life, when he/she exhibits profound sensorineural hearing loss. To better understand this disorder and to bring it to the attention of audiologists, we provide a brief tutorial of LVA and present three case studies that illustrate the syndrome.
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Department of Otolaryngology, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test; D013577:Syndrome; D014723:Vestibular Aqueduct / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology*