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ReviewLa Radiologia medica2025

Imaging in sensorineural and conductive hearing loss-an educational review.

Edith Vassallo, Andre-Stefan Gatt, Reuben Grech, Serena Capasso, Ferdinando Caranci, Lorenzo Ugga

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Review in La Radiologia medica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Diagnostic value of the inner ear computed tomography measurements in detecting congenital sensorineural hearing loss: a comparative study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  2. Effects of Nitric Oxide Expression on Hearing Loss.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Edith VassalloMedical Imaging Department, Mater Dei Hospital, Imsida MSD, Msida, 2090, Malta.
Andre-Stefan GattMedical Imaging Department, Mater Dei Hospital, Imsida MSD, Msida, 2090, Malta.
Reuben GrechMedical Imaging Department, Mater Dei Hospital, Imsida MSD, Msida, 2090, Malta.
Serena CapassoDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Ferdinando CaranciDepartment of Medicine of Precision, "Luigi Vanvitelli" University of Campania, Piazza Luigi Miraglia 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Lorenzo UggaDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. lorenzo.ugga@unina.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-4612

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hearing loss is the most common sensory impairment globally and can affect all ages. It can be classified into two categories, conductive and sensorineural, though both conditions may coexist. Various causes may be responsible for hearing loss including congenital, infectious, inflammatory and neoplastic. Imaging will help detect or exclude such causes and in combination with the medical history and clinical findings, enable the necessary treatment to be initiated. Imaging also provides an accurate pre-operative anatomical road map for the surgeons to ensure the best possible surgical outcomes. The aim of this educational review is to present a range of common and rare diseases causing hearing loss and provide a brief explanation of the best imaging modalities for each. It also discusses briefly some important anatomical variants which the radiologists should highlight in their report to help prevent inadvertent post-operative complications.

Indexed as

Hearing Loss, ConductiveHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedConductiveHearing lossHigh-resolution CTNon-echoplanar diffusion weighted imagingSensorineural

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PMID39531156

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