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Otosclerosis

Otosclerosis · Otoskleróza

What it is

New bone locks the stapes; sound stops reaching the inner ear.

Symptoms & signs

  • Gradual hearing loss in the twenties to forties
  • tinnitus
  • better hearing in noise
  • family history

🚩 Get help if…

  • call 112 / 911 now Sudden hearing loss in one ear over hours to days
  • see a doctor soon Hearing loss with spinning dizziness or loss of balance
  • see a doctor soon Hearing that gets worse during pregnancy or keeps getting worse
  • see a doctor soon Ringing in one ear only, or one ear much worse than the other

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Hearing aids
  • stapedotomy with a prosthesis (usually restores hearing)
  • bone-conduction implant

Natural & lifestyle

  • Hearing protection
  • regular audiometry
  • treat associated vitamin D deficiency

Emerging & experimental

  • Laser stapedotomy refinements
  • bisphosphonate trials

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Sodium fluoride — small studies slowed progression mixed evidence
  • Ginkgo biloba — untested for otosclerosis anecdotal / traditional

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