title: Characteristics and application of inner ear CT in 20 cases of sensorineural hearing loss in children.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows that a number of children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) have inner ear malformations demonstrated by multi-slice spiral computed tomography (MSCT). MSCT allows a comprehensive assessment of various congenital inner ear malformations through high quality multiplanar reformation (MPR) and can display the site and degree of the malformation three-dimensionally and intuitively. This is very useful for cochlear implantation.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility and usability of MSCT in pediatric SNHL with inner ear malformations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-five patients were diagnosed with SNHL by brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER). Inner ear MSCT scan and coronal MPR reconstruction were performed in all cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study demonstrated 20 cases (33 ears) with inner ear malformations, which included 10 ears with cochlear malformations, 7 with vestibular malformations, 5 with semicircular canal malformations, 8 with internal auditory canal (IAC) malformations, and 15 with vestibular malformations. Cochlear malformations included one ear with Michel deformity, two ears with common cavity deformity, one with cochlear aplasia, one with hypoplastic cochlea, two with incomplete partition type I, and three with incomplete partition type II (Mondini deformity).
authors: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Huo
authors: Hua
authors: H
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D061345:Early Medical Intervention; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity