A search for stapes footplate fixation in an Indian population, prehistoric and historic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8319928
AutoresA M Holzhueter (University of South Dakota), John B Gregg (University of South Dakota), Sylvester Clifford (University of South Dakota)
Año1965
Volumen23
Número1
Páginas35-40
Fecha de publicación1965-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330230118
PMID14326953
OpenAlexW1545998681
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas3

This study was made to find evidence of ear disease in ancient persons, special emphasis being placed upon otosclerosis with stapes footplate fixation, which would have suggested hearing loss during the life of the individual. Specimens examined were from Indian burials in South Dakota, consisting of skulls from persons ranging from birth to over 40 years. Two‐hundred eleven of 221 were of sufficient age to have had stapedial fixation. Skull anomalies documented included exostoses in the auditory canals, benign bony tumors, evidence of ear infection, dental problems, evidence of trauma, and congenital defects. Despite long interment, some burials dating to about the time of Christ, skeletal details were well preserved. In all, 417 temporal bones from 221 skulls were examined. The ossicles were present as follows: malleus alone — 30; incus alone — 9; stapes alone — 5; multiple ossicles — 29. In 19 temporal bones the stapes was in the oval window (4.5%). There was no evidence of stapes footplate fixation. No congenital or developmental anomaly of the auditory ossicles was found. These results will be correlated with clinical studies now in progress on Indian reservations of South Dakota. The present Indians are descendents of those whose remnants have been studied

Audiology · Fixation (population genetics) · Footplate · Incus · Malleus · Middle ear · Ossicles · Otosclerosis · Oval window · Population · Skull · Stapes · Anatomy · Ear and Head Tumors · Ear Surgery and Otitis Media · Head and Neck Anomalies · Medicine