Saturday, February, 11, 2012

Otosclerosis

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Alternative Names

Otospongiosis; Stapedectomy


Symptoms
  • Hearing loss may occur slowly at first but continue to get worse.
  • You may hear better in noisy environments that quiet ones.
  • Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) may also occur.

Signs and tests

A hearing test (audiometry /audiology) may help determine the severity of hearing loss.

A special imaging test of the head called a temporal-bone CT may be used to rule out other causes of hearing loss.


Review Date: 08/03/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)