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  • Title: Sensorineural hearing loss due to cochlear otospongiosis: theoretical considerations of etiology.
    Author: Linthicum FH, Filipo R, Brody S.
    Journal: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol; 1975; 84(4 Pt 1):544-51. PubMed ID: 1155889.
    Abstract:
    Several theories have been advanced to explain the sensorineural hearing loss that occurs in patients with otospongiosis: toxic substances produced by the otospongiotic focus; vascular shunts betwen the inner ear vessels and the otospongiotic focus; and atrophy of the organ of Corti and stria vascularis due to unknown causes. Presented here is yet another theory: impingement upon the cochlear walls by the otospongiotic focus, causing a narrowing of the lumen of the cochlea and distortion of the basilar membrane.
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