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Surgery of the Ear and Temporal Bone, 2nd Edition Joseph B. Nadol, Michael J. McKenna
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

The styloid process is normally a cylindrical bone which arises from the temporal bone in front of the stylomastoid foramen. The nonsurgical treatment of Eagle's syndrome. Surgical Anatomy of the Temporal Bone, 4th edition. The vestibular aqueduct is a canal in the temporal bone, which extends from the vestibule to the petrous pyramid. The ear and the process of translating sound waves into recognizable nerve impulses by the brain is stunningly complex, involving movements of membranes, small bones, fluid, hairs, chemical neurotransmitters, and electrical impulses in . Ear Nose Throat J 1976;55: 94-95. Inside the vestibular aqueduct is the Our patient accepted the surgery failure and her misdiagnosis was only corrected when she decided to seek further assessment and a second opinion due to progressive deterioration of her hearing in her better ear to a level that a monoaural hearing aid was not providing enough benefit. Philadelphia, Saunders Elsevier; 2008. Operative otolaryngology head and neck surgery. The length of the styloid On Otorhinolaryngological examination the ear and nose were normal. The mastoid portion of the human temporal bone, which can be felt as a bump in the skull behind the pinna, also contains air, which is ventilated through the middle ear.