| 1. | The causal link between otosclerosis and SNHL remains controversial.
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| 2. | Most patients with otosclerosis notice tinnitus ( head noise ) to some degree.
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| 3. | The term otosclerosis is something of a misnomer.
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| 4. | Approximately 0.5 % of the population will eventually be diagnosed with otosclerosis.
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| 5. | The first is a disease process of abnormal mineralization of the temporal bone called otosclerosis.
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| 6. | This indicates otospongiosis ( active otosclerosis ).
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| 7. | Otosclerosis increases in the stiffness of the middle-ear system, raising its resonant frequency.
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| 8. | Some conditions are amenable to surgical intervention such as middle ear fluid, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis.
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| 9. | Otology also includes surgical treatment of conductive hearing loss, such as stapedectomy surgery for otosclerosis.
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| 10. | Laser stapedotomy is a well-established surgical technique for treating conductive hearing loss due to otosclerosis.
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