Otosclerosis

Curable Hearing Loss

Otosclerosis is a disease in which a buildup of bone causes the stapes-a bone in the middle ear-to become fixed and prevents it from vibrating normally. The lack of vibratinion prevents sound from being conducted to the inner ear, leading to a conductive hearing loss. Stapedectomy is a surgical treatment for otosclerosis in which a tiny synthetic prosthesis is inserted in the middle ear to replace the immobilized stapes. This surgery usually provides a significant improvement in hearing in patients with conductive hearing loss.

Dr. Shohet has written an article about Otosclerosis titled "Middle Ear, Otosclerosis". Which describes the history of the procedure dating back to the late 1800s to the intraoperative details of a stapedotomy procedure.