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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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Electronystagmography in a patient with recent disequilibrium and a family history of otosclerosis - Vestibulology Clinic - Brief Article
From Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 11/1/02 by Kenneth H. Brookler

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 had a family history of a conductive hearing loss in an otosclerotic patient (her son). In addition, her father, brother, and maternal uncles had a history of hearing loss. She had recently come to the office complaining of a shaky tremor while standing; the tremor abated with support. She said this feeling would "come and go." She was aware at times that she did not "feel right" while seated. She did not experience this feeling while reclining in bed.

Electronystagmography revealed no spontaneous or positional nystagmus. Alternate binaural bithermal testing showed that she had a reduced vestibular response (RVR) on the right and a slightly hypoactive warm response on the right. Simultaneous binaural bithermal testing elicited a type 2 response with an RVR right, thus identifying a peripheral vestibular disorder.

From Neurotologic Associates, P.C., New York City.

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