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Original Article

Audiological evaluation and self-assessed hearing problems in subjects with single-sided congenital external ear malformations and associated conductive hearing loss

Evaluación audiológica y auto evaluación de problemas auditivos en sujetos con malformaciones unilaterales congénitas del oído externo e hipoacusias conductivas asociadas

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Pages 162-171 | Received 02 Feb 2006, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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