Far-Advanced Otosclerosis (FAO): A severe form of otosclerosis where extensive bone involvement results in significant hearing loss, sometimes necessitating cochlear implantation.

Otosclerosis is well-known for causing conductive hearing loss by either narrowing the oval window, creating extrinsic fixation, or directly fixing the stapes footplate. 1, 5 However, recent evidence ...

Discussion However, the terms “retrosigmoid” and “middle fossa” are clearly linked to skull base surgery and create reluctancy among a large number of potential users. Otologic surgeons without skull ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Hearing loss is classified into three types: conductive, sensorineural, and mixed (when conductive and sensorineural hearing loss co-occur). Conductive ...

Hearing loss is when you’re unable to partially or completely hear sound in one or both of your ears. It typically occurs gradually over time. NIDCD reports that about 25% of those between the ...