Hearing loss as a complication of Paget's disease of bone.
Hearing loss has long been known to be a complication of Paget's disease of bone. Older ideas about the mechanisms of hearing loss are being replaced by a new view based on experimental evidence from patients. Studies reviewed show no evidence of auditory nerve dysfunction and confirm a cochlear site of lesion. A loss of bone mineral density in the cochlear capsule is associated with both a high-tone hearing loss and a low-tone air-bone gap.
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Henry Ford Health System and the Henry Ford Sciences Center, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications*