Which adaptation occurs when bone growth obstructs ossicles-oval window interface?

💡 Explanation

Conductive hearing loss results because sound waves cannot efficiently transfer sound in the middle ear due to increased impedance—blocking sound waves to the cochlea. Therefore, conductive hearing loss, rather than loss elsewhere, manifests in that pathway, at a location distal to stapes disruption.

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