"Nerve deafness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... partly by testing the hearing, and partly by excluding affections of the outer and middle ear. When the sound-conducting apparatus is at fault, the resulting deafness is spoken of as "obstructive"; when the sound-perceiving apparatus is affected, the term "nerve deafness" is used. The semicircular canals, which are peripheral organs concerned in the maintenance of equilibration, form part ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles |
