Otosclerosis is a relatively frequent pathology, of multifactorial origin with genetic and hormonal part, predominantly in women. This disease causes a disorder of the bone metabolism of the middle and inner ear, responsible for a progressive deafness, which can become severe. Several elements are necessary to make the diagnosis of otosclerosis: the clinical examination and questioning, the audiometric assessment, and finally the temporal bone CT. The CT scan allows to detect foci of otosclerosis within the bone of the middle or inner ear. This diagnosis is sometimes difficult and requires interpretation by a trained radiologist. The investigators would like to evaluate the ability of a deep learning algorithm to detect these foci of otosclerosis, and to compare its diagnostic performance with a trained radiologist.
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Diagnostic performance of the artificial intelligence algorithm compared to the diagnostic performance of the radiologist : sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value, area under the ROC curve
Timeframe: through study completion, an average of 5 months