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Otosclerosis

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 ICD9        = 387|

}} Otosclerosis is a hearing condition in which the stapesin the earbecomes attached to the surrounding bone by an abnormal bone growth. Sound transmission is progressively impaired so that hearing in the affected ear deteriorates.

Treatment

The condition can be cured by having a stapedectomy. This procedure involves bypassing the stuck stapes by making a hole through it to the outer chamber of the inner earand placing an artificial bone from the still moveable healthy hearing bones through the hole to the inner ear.

References in popular culture

During the first three seasons of the CBS TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Gil Grissomsuffered from otosclerosis, which he inherited from his mother. At the end of the the show's third season, Grissom underwent a stapedectomyto correct it.

External links

NIH/Medline
NIH/NIDCD
eMedicine
DDB29289
OMIM166800- OTSC1
OMIM605727- OTSC2

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