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To the Editor: Skelton and Fried recently coined the phrase "headphone neuralgia" (Dec. 28 issue).¹ The external ear, unlike its middle and internal counterparts, is a major neurologic crossroads. Its canal and the outer surface of the tympanic membrane are supplied by general somatic afferent fibers (for pain, temperature, and touch) from three cranial nerves: the trigeminal, facial, and vagus nerves (cranial nerves V, VII, and X, respectively). In turn, the skin of the auricle and retroauricular area are supplied by the cervical plexus, with a small contribution from cranial nerves VII and X.² However, most modern neuroanatomists and clinicians . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Headphone Neuralgia
Skelton A. K., Fried R. A.
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