Conduction deafness results from:

A. loss of hair cells
B. a tumor in the cochlear nucleus
C. demyelination of primary auditory afferents
D. ossification in the middle ear
E. loss of the pathway from the medial geniculate to the auditory cortex


ANS: D

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