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Abbreviations

ABI:

Auditory brainstem implant

ABR:

Auditory brain response

BAEP:

Brainstem auditory evoked potential

BAER:

Brainstem auditory evoked response

BCT:

Bone conduction threshold

CHL:

Conductive hearing loss

COM:

Chronic otitis media

COME:

Chronic otitis media with effusion

CSOM:

Chronic suppurative otitis media

dB:

Decibel

dB SPL:

dB Sound pressure level

EAM:

External acoustic meatus

ENG:

Electronystagmography

FSRT:

Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy

GRHG:

Gardner-Robertson hearing grade

HBO:

Hyperbaric oxygen

HL:

Hearing loss

IMRT:

Intensity modulated radiation therapy

MHL:

Mixed hearing loss

NF2:

Neurofibromatosis type 2

NTCP:

Normal tissue complication probability

OME:

Otitis media with effusion

PTA:

Pure tone audiometry

RT:

Radiation therapy

SD:

Speech discrimination

SDS:

Speech discrimination scores

SNHL:

Sensory neural hearing loss

SRS:

Stereotactic radiosurgery

SRT:

Stereotactic radiation therapy

TEOAE:

Transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions

VEMP:

Vestibular evoked myogenic potential

VS:

Vestibular schwannoma

VSG:

Videonystagmography

WDS:

Word discrimination scores

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