Author(s): Carlos Augusto Costa Pires de Oliveira, Helga Moura Kehrle, Ronaldo Campos Granjeiro, Taciana Sarmento de Oliveira, Maria Cristina Teixeira, Jose Elias da Silva Murad, Miria Moreira Cardoso Severino
The purpose of this paper is to show how temporal bone histopathology has been instrumental in adding knowledge about the origin of tinnitus in the cochlea and how it will still be useful for that purpose in the future. The papers published on this subject will be reviewed, and their contributions will be highlighted. The knowledge that is now part of the subject will be pointed out, and future research on this area will be pointed out.
