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Otosclerosis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Otosclerosis may slowly get worse. The condition may not require treatment until you having severe hearing problems.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 15, 2008
People with otosclerosis often benefit from a properly fitted hearing aid. The surgical replacement of the stapes has become a common procedure to improve conductive hearing problems. During this operation, called a stapedectomy , the stapes is re...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Stapedectomy is a surgical procedure in which the innermost bone (stapes) of the three bones (the stapes, the incus, and the malleus) of the middle ear is removed, and replaced with a small plastic tube surrounding a short length of stainless stee...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Stapedectomy is a surgical procedure in which the innermost bone (stapes) of the three bones (the stapes, the incus, and the malleus) of the middle ear is removed, and replaced with a small plastic tube of stainless-steel wire (a prosthesis) to im...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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