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Stapedectomy is a surgical procedure in which the stapes bone is removed from the middle ear and replaced with a prosthesis.. If the stapes footplate is fixed in position, rather than being normally mobile, the result is a conductive hearing loss.
The primary form of hearing loss in otosclerosis is conductive hearing loss (CHL) whereby sounds reach the ear drum but are incompletely transferred via the ossicular chain in the middle ear, and thus partly fail to reach the inner ear . This can affect one ear or both ears.
The patient was a 54-year-old housewife with conductive hearing loss so severe that she could no longer hear at all, even with a hearing aid. Shea removed the stapes , covered the oval window opening with a vein graft removed from the back of the patient's hand, and inserted a prosthesis to replace the diseased stapes bone.
Otosclerosis is a congenital or spontaneous-onset disease characterized by abnormal bone remodeling in the inner ear. Often this causes the stapes to adhere to the oval window, which impedes its ability to conduct sound, and is a cause of conductive hearing loss. Clinical otosclerosis is found in about 1% of people, although it is more common ...
The superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome (SSCDS) is a set of hearing and balance symptoms that a rare disease/disorder of the inner ear's superior semicircular canal/duct induces. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The symptoms are caused by a thinning or complete absence of the part of the temporal bone overlying the superior semicircular canal of ...
Ashton Kutcher is "lucky to be alive" after dealing with a rare autoimmune disorder two years ago that left him unable to hear, see or walk. The That '70s Show alum opens up about his health ...
Ashton Kutcher said he lost his ability to walk and see for nearly a year after being diagnosed with vasculitis. Vasculitis is an autoimmune disorder caused by inflammation to blood vessels.
Auditory fatigue is defined as a temporary loss of hearing after exposure to sound. This results in a temporary shift of the auditory threshold known as a temporary threshold shift (TTS). The damage can become permanent ( permanent threshold shift , PTS) if sufficient recovery time is not allowed before continued sound exposure. [ 1 ]