title: Cochlear otosclerosis. A continuing fantasy.
abstract: Sensorineural hearing loss without an associated conductive loss cannot be attributed to otosclerosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001844:Bone Conduction; D003051:Cochlea / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology