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Progressive sensorineural hearing loss and cochlear otosclerosis: A prospective study
Author(s) -
Freeman Joseph
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.5540890914
Subject(s) - otosclerosis , audiology , sensorineural hearing loss , bone conduction , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , temporal bone , hearing loss , sensorineural deafness , prospective cohort study , pathology , surgery
The association of otosclerosis with reduced bone conduction is well known but no experimental or valid clinical relationship has been established to confirm this relationship. The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate a clinical relationship between otosclerosis and sensorineural hearing loss. Experimental proof will await the accumulation and study of temporal bones of those individuals who, in life, exhibited the clinical relationship to be developed in this dissertation. The material presented is from the author's private practice during the years 1974, 1975 and 1976. Patients presenting the clinical problem of progressive sensorineural hearing loss were examined in depth including diagnostic audiology and polytomography of the petrosa. This thesis shows that a high percentage of such diagnostic problems are due to cochlear otosclerosis, the diagnosis being clinically supported roentgenologically.