Abstract
A MAJOR portion of the 1944 and 1945 literature on deafness is concerned with the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and with the otologic problems and observations incidental to modern warfare. As in previous years this review includes only those articles which give some new information relative to the problem of deafness. There were few significant contributions from abroad. The material is arranged as follows: Otosclerosis Pathology and Etiology Treatment Deafness Due to Lymphoid Hyperplasia of the Nasopharynx Deafness Due to Trauma Deafness Due to Blast Injury Deafness Associated with Systemic Disease Ménière's Syndrome Miscellaneous Contributions on Causes and Treatment <h3>PATHOLOGY OF OTOSCLEROSIS</h3> Otosclerosis was studied by Guild<sup>1</sup>in his laboratory's collection of serially sectioned human temporal bones. The material was derived almost equally from white persons and Negroes. For white persons the incidence of otosclerosis as demonstrated histologically was 1 in 12, and for Negroes, 1 in 96. This coincides with clinical experience. For white persons
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