title: Evaluation of cochlear nerve imaging in severe congenital sensorineural hearing loss.
abstract: The route of the cochlear nerve can be imaged using computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To gain information about the cochlear nerve, we conducted a trial measuring the width of the cochlear nerve canal (CNC) using CT. When we examined images of the route of the cochlear nerve on MRI, both in ears with congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and normal ones, we found that in ears in which the CNC was narrower than 1.5 mm with CT, images of cochlear nerve deficiency could be seen in that ear with MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan. barabara@fc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komatsubara
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed