Questioning the relationship between cochlear otosclerosis and sensorineural hearing loss: A quantitative evaluation of cochlear structures in cases of otosclerosis and review of the literature

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1214-1230

  Nelson, Erik G ^a   Hinojosa, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear otosclerosis; Human temporal bone histopathology; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OTOSCLEROSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRIA VASCULARIS; TEMPORAL BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3242669057     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200407000-00016     Document Type: Review

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