Stapedectomy is surgery to improve hearing by removing the stapes bone from the middle ear. Read about the procedure, recovery, risks, and more here.

The stapes, found in the middle ear, is the smallest bone in the human body. Measuring just about 3 millimetres in length, it is shaped like a stirrup and plays a key role in our ability to hear ...

A stapedectomy is a procedure to remove all or part of the stapes, a hearing bone, and replace it with an artificial bone, or prosthesis. This can improve hearing loss and tinnitus.

The smallest human bone. A baby's body has about 300 bones at birth. These eventually fuse to form the 206 bones that adults generally have, according to the Nemours Children's Health System. But ...

Otosclerosis is a condition of the middle ear that involves abnormal bone remodeling. Otosclerosis causes tissues to harden around three bones called the stapes, incus, and malleus. Bone ...

Mr. Shankar, a 24-year-old man, faced years of undetected hearing loss caused by otosclerosis, where the stapes bone hardens, impeding hearing. After ...