The Role of Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Congenital Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Abstract

Introduction One of the paths in the investigation of congenital sensorineural hearing loss (CSNHL) is to try to characterize its etiology through the inner ear evaluation using high resolution computer tomography (CT) scans. With minor malformation, it is not always possible for a simple visual inspection to recognize if the structure in the inner ear is normal or not.

Keywords

• sensorineural hearing loss
• congenital
• temporal bone
• tomography