Conductive hearing loss caused by third-window lesions of the inner ear.

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Various authors have described conductive hearing loss (CHL), defined as an air-bone gap on audiometry, in patients without obvious middle ear pathologic findings. Recent investigations have suggested that many of these cases are due to disorders of the inner ear, resulting in pathologic third windows.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Otol. Neurotol.

Title: Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology

ISSN: 1531-7129

ISSN (Print): 1531-7129

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2008

Volume: 29

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02114, USA. saumil_merchant@meei.harvard.edu

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Publisher Item ID: 00129492-200804000-00005 Mid ID: NIHMS72448

DOI: 10.1097/mao.0b013e318161ab24

PMC ID: 2577191

PubMed ID: 18223508

SO-VID: 872525ee-2e63-415c-a658-c5c752207d56

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