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Ear Disorders

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Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is classified as unilateral hearing loss of at least 30 dB in at least 3 frequencies occurring within 3 days. Otosclerosis is an autosomal dominant metabolic bone disease with incomplete penetrance of the otic capsule and ossicles that causes stapes fixation, most commonly at the fissula ante fenestrum. Acute coalescent mastoiditis is the most common intratemporal complication of otitis media

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, 7209 Medical Center East–South Building, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

    Stanley Pelosi M.D. & Matthew Luke Carlson M.D.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Fred Lin

  2. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Zara Patel

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Pelosi, S., Carlson, M.L. (2014). Ear Disorders. In: Lin, F., Patel, Z. (eds) ENT Board Prep. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8354-0_15

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