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Otosclerosis

Otosclerosis occurs due to abnormal bone growth in the middle ear resulting in hearing loss. There is an abnormal extension of bone in the middle ear cavity. The sound waves do not get amplified, and so there is hearing loss. Vertigo is seen in rare cases. Hearing aids or surgery can be done to help the bones to vibrate the sound waves.

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I am suffering from hearing loss. Please suggest

Query: Hi doctor, I am a 43 year old male. I am suffering from hearing loss for the past one year. It is severe in the right ear and average in the left. I am facing many problems in office due to this. I visited a doctor and he diagnosed it as otosclerosis after some audio test. My elder sister has such...  Read Full »


Dr. Vaishali Mehta

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Otosclerosis is a disease in which the tiny bone of the middle ear gets fixed resulting in hearing loss. Unfortunately, there is no medicine to cure otosclerosis. There are two options for you. Surgical treatment entails removal of the stapes with prosthesis replaceme...  Read Full »

What is conductive hearing loss and how can it be corrected?

Query: Hi doctor, I am a 48-year-old female, and I have moderate to severe mixed hearing loss in both my ears. However, I recently went to a different doctor who informed me that my hearing loss was mainly conductive and that too in my left ear. I also have a hole in my left eardrum, as well as severe tin...  Read Full »


Dr. Syed Peerzada Tehmid Ul Haque

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Can you share your pure tone audiogram? Bilateral symmetrical mixed hearing loss is often a feature of otosclerosis. One way that can be of help to determine whether you have otosclerosis is tympanometry. Since you already have perforation, tympanoplasty with a direct e...  Read Full »

Is it advisable to get surgical correction for otosclerosis?

Query: Hello doctor, I was diagnosed with otosclerosis of left ear at age 42. Thirty years later, I am now 72 and wonder if the condition has likely progressed and/or if surgical correction is still possible or advisable. I have good hearing in my right ear. I recently had a wax impaction in the right sig...  Read Full »


Dr. Syed Peerzada Tehmid Ul Haque

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Otosclerosis often causes mixed hearing loss and can cause a maximum hearing loss of 60 to 70 db hearing loss which can be serviced to a good degree by doing stapedotomy. However, aging often causes presbyacusis that is an age-induced hearing loss which is neural and n...  Read Full »

I have hearing loss due to piston in the ear. Please check my audiogram results.

Query: Hello doctor, I got a piston in the right ear 30 years ago. I am 58 years old and 84 kg weight. I feel hard to hear now. I have attached my recent audiogram result details for your reference.  Read Full »


Dr. Noble Inasu Manjaly

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. From the available information, it seems to me that you might have a condition called otosclerosis. Otosclerosis is a condition in which there is abnormal bone growth in the ear which prevents the sound vibrations from being conducted adequately from the external ear to...  Read Full »

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