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    patients with otosclerosis; this is usually a high-frequency loss, and usually manifests late in the disease. The causal link between otosclerosis and SNHL...
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  • disease process of abnormal mineralization of the temporal bone called otosclerosis. The second is a congenital malformation of the stapes. In both of these...
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    significantly increased, resulting in decreased lucency on radiographs. Otosclerosis, a disease of the ears. Primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscle...
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    Clinical otosclerosis is found in about 1% of people, although it is more common in forms that do not cause noticeable hearing loss. Otosclerosis is more...
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  • Schwartz's sign. This indicates otospongiosis (active otosclerosis). In about 10% of cases of otosclerosis, there is a redness of the promontory of the cochlea...
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    mass within the nasal cavity, middle ear, or eustachian tube itself Otosclerosis, abnormal growth of bone in or near the middle ear Middle ear tumour...
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    close friends were already aware of the issues). The cause was probably otosclerosis, possibly accompanied by degeneration of the auditory nerve. On his doctor's...
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    the same as for conditions where the stapes itself is fixed, such as otosclerosis. The round window is located within the mesotympanum, at the posterior...
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    Run Chrissie Run! In the early 1960s, Moore became deaf as a result of otosclerosis, which her doctor said resulted from a deposit of calcium in her middle...
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    January 1979, which entered the pop charts. Valli began suffering from otosclerosis in 1967, forcing him to "sing from memory" in the latter part of the...
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    the osteolytic lesions that are characteristic of multiple myeloma. Otosclerosis is a disorder of the middle ear, characterized by abnormal bone growth...
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    treatment of conductive hearing loss, such as stapedectomy surgery for otosclerosis. Neurotology, a related field of medicine and subspecialty of otolaryngology...
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  • ossicular replacement prosthesis include: Chronic middle ear disease Otosclerosis Congenital fixation of the stapes Secondary surgical intervention to...
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    rates in children with the disease osteogenesis imperfecta and to treat otosclerosis by minimizing bone loss. Other bisphosphonates, including medronate (R1=H...
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  • hearing loss Acoustic shock Loud noise or music Middle ear effusion Otitis Otosclerosis Eustachian tube dysfunction Sensorineural hearing loss Excessive or loud...
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    disease and these can be diagnosed from the shape of the audiogram. Otosclerosis results in an audiogram with significant loss at all frequencies, often...
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  • Occasionally the joints between the ossicles become rigid. One condition, otosclerosis, results in the fusing of the stapes to the oval window. This reduces...
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  • of infection, or by replacing the stapes bone with a stapedectomy for otosclerosis. Otology and neurotology encompass more complex surgery of the inner...
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  • otolith, otology, otopathy, otophyma, otoplasty, otorhinology, otorrhea, otosclerosis, otoscope, otoscopy, ototomy, parotic, parotid, periotic, synotia ov-...
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    her marriage. An increasing degree of deafness, caused by hereditary otosclerosis, led to Alexandra's social isolation; she spent more time at home with...
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    use of a tuning fork Bezold's triad: Three symptomatic indications of otosclerosis: 1. diminished aural perception of low frequency tones, 2. retarded bone...
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    in March 2008. Sullavan suffered from the congenital hearing defect otosclerosis that worsened as she aged, making her more and more hearing-impaired...
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    William H.; Berenholz, Leonard P. (2010). "25 - Special Problems of Otosclerosis Surgery". Otologic surgery (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. pp. 293–303...
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    common, both conductive and sensorineural, and is most often bilateral. Otosclerosis and instability of the bones in the inner ear may also contribute to...
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  • making large incisions to access the whole perimeter of the perforation. Otosclerosis is a disease that results in fixation of the stapes, which conducts sound...
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    an ailing Frankie Valli (who was gradually losing his hearing due to otosclerosis, though eventually surgery restored most of it); Polci, in turn, recruited...
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  • voices of our generation". Valli accepted, despite suffering from severe otosclerosis and loss of hearing at the time. When Valli recorded "Grease", he did...
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    previous relationship. He wears hearing aids in both ears due to congenital otosclerosis. In the late 1980s, Savage lived at Eighth Avenue and Carroll Street...
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  • syndrome Optic neuritis Orthostatic hypotension O'Sullivan–McLeod syndrome Otosclerosis Overuse syndrome Palinopsia PANDAS Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration...
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  • Oto-Palatal-digital syndrome Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2 Otosclerosis, familial Otosclerosis Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia Ouvrier–Billson syndrome...
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