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Otosclerosis

Otosclerosis is a hearing condition in which the stapes in the ear becomes attached to the surrounding bone by an abnormal bone growth. Sound transmission is progressively impaired so that hearing in the affected ear deteriorates. more...

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Treatment

The condition can be cured by having a stapedectomy. This procedure involves bypassing the stuck stapes by making a hole through it to the outer chamber of the inner ear and placing an artificial bone from the still moveable healthy hearing bones through the hole to the inner ear.

References in popular culture

During the first three seasons of the CBS TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Gil Grissom suffered from otosclerosis, which he inherited from his mother. At the end of the the show's third season, Grissom underwent a stapedectomy to correct it.

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Otosclerosis
Otosclerosis is an excessive growth in the bones of the middle ear which interferes with the transmission of sound.
From Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 4/6/01 by Dorothy Elinor Stonely
Cochlear and fenestral otosclerosis - Brief Article
In the early stage of otoscierosis (otospongiosis), the endochondral bone is replaced by foci of spongy new bone. In its late stage, the decalcified ...
From Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 7/1/01 by Enrique Palacios
Otosclerosis - Industry Trend or Event
Otosclerosis refers to an abnormal bone growth that interferes with functions of structures in the ear, causing impairment of hearing. Various topics are ...
From Pamphlet by: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 5/7/99
Otosclerosis - hearing loss - Technology Information
Otosclerosis involves an abnormal growth of bone of the inner ear, causing loss of hearing. The cause is not fully understood and research is ongoing. Besides hearing loss, symptoms sometimes include
From Health Management Technology, 5/7/99
Persistent measles virus infection as a possible cause of otosclerosis: State of the art
Abstract The etiopathogenesis of otosclerosis is still largely unexplained and remains controversial. Morphologic examinations have shown the presence ...
From Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 8/1/00 by Hans P. Niedermeyer
Cochlear otosclerosis
Otosclerotic involvement of the cochlear capsule can be limited to a small portion of the basal turn adjacent to the anterior margin of the oval window ...
From Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 7/1/00 by Enrique Palacios
Diagnosing and Treating Patients with Otosclerosis
(Great Britain-The Practitioner, February 2000, p. 70.) In patients with otosclerosis, recurrent phases of bone formation and resorption in the ear result ...
From American Family Physician, 5/15/00 by Anne D. Walling
Electronystagmography in a patient with recent disequilibrium and a family history of otosclerosis - Vestibulology Clinic - Brief Article
A 66-year-old woman had been monitored for 4 years because of aural fullness in both ears and a mild hearing loss. She had been observed because she ...
From Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 11/1/02 by Kenneth H. Brookler

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