Corticosteroid Therapy for Hearing and Balance Disorders
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Relationship Between Malocclusions and Hearing Disorders
SUMMARY Hearing Disorders have been common diseases. They develop complications such as hearing loss and psycho-social contact problems and would affect children learning process if not properly treated. Malocclusions are included as cause factors of such disorders. The existence and/or extent of interrelations between malooclusions and hearing disorders is a subject of controversy. A case-co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-8486
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22576