otosclerosis

Otosclerosis is an abnormal growth of bone near the middle ear.

Approximately 0.5% of the population will eventually be diagnosed with otosclerosis.

He performed more than 30,000 of these procedures restoring hearing to those affected by otosclerosis.

One condition, otosclerosis, results in the fusing of the stapes to the oval window.

The mechanism of sensorineural hearing loss in otosclerosis is less well understood.

The first is a disease process of abnormal mineralization of the temporal bone called otosclerosis.

Otosclerosis, a disease of the ears.

Infections can be treated and even otosclerosis can be corrected surgically.

Otosclerosis can result in conductive and/or sensorineural hearing loss.

The results of this surgery are generally most reliable in patients whose stapes has lost mobility because of otosclerosis.

He was among the first in Europe to treat otosclerosis by surgery and worked out a special theory about the etiopathogenesis of this illness.

Schwartz sign is a diagnostic indicator for otosclerosis, a disease of the bones of the middle or inner ear.

Severe Otosclerosis, form of mechanical conductive hearing loss most commonly found in people who have been subjected to intense noise.

He is deaf in his right ear due to the hearing disorder otosclerosis and wears a hearing aid.

The pathophysiology of otosclerosis is complex.

This involvement of the oval window forms the basis of the name fenestral otosclerosis.

The renowned German composer Beethoven was theorized to suffer from otosclerosis, although this is controversial.

In addition, in 1893 Politzer was the first to describe otosclerosis as a separate clinical entity.

This is, unsurprisingly, the same as for conditions where the stapes itself is fixed, such as otosclerosis.

The onset of otosclerosis, which began to affect May's hearing in his twenties, hampered his productivity as a composer.

Otosclerosis is a hardening of the stapes (or stirrup) in the middle ear, and causes conductive hearing loss.

Ádám Politzer describes otosclerosis for the first time.

Bezold's triad: Three symptomatic indications of otosclerosis: 1.

Otosclerosis is a disease of the middle ear and Ménière's disease affects the inner ear.

Howard Hughes the pioneering American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer also suffered from otosclerosis.