Aplasia or Hypoplasia of the Vestibulocochlear Nerve in a Infant with Sensorineural Hearing Loss

* PhD in Medicine by Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Federal University) Escola Paulista de Medicina UNIFESP. Associated Professor of the Department of Especialized Medicine (ENT Discipline) at Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo -UFES. Health Science Center Federal University. * Master degree in Otorhinolaryngology and PhD in Medicine by Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP Escola Paulista de Medicina. ENT Doctor in Vitória, ES Brazil. * Physician by Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES). Resident doctor of the Clinical Otorhinolaryngoly Discipline at Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo FMUSP. * Physician by Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES). Radiologist at Multiscan, Vitória, ES. * Medicine Student. Monitor of Operative Techniques at Escola de Medicina da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória ES EMESCAM.

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