Selected pathological findings in the human cochlea.
Out of a material of 45 patients with known audiograms where the inner ears had been fixed with an aldehyde within 7 h after death, 4 cases were chosen for detailed morphological examination. The general findings in the ageing human cochlea are presented as well as the findings in the 4 specific cases.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D001299:Audiometry; D003051:Cochlea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged