introduction: to report the experience of the jordan university hospital with respect to the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and to compare results and complications with published studies.   materials and methods: the medical records of all patients who underwent stapes surgery for otosclerosis at the jordan university hospital during the period january 2003 to december 2010 were reviewed. ...

Otosclerosis is defined as an overgrowth of the bone of the otic capsule just anterior to stapes footplate in between cochlea and vestibule. In such scenario, the stapes is unable to function normally as a piston and eventually becomes completely fixated, which results in a weaker conduction [1,2]. Clinical features are characterised by hearing loss, tinnitus and vertigo, of combination of thes...

INTRODUCTION To report the experience of the Jordan University Hospital with respect to the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and to compare results and complications with published studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of all patients who underwent stapes surgery for otosclerosis at the Jordan University Hospital during the period January 2003 to December 2010 were reviewed. ...

OBJECTIVES One of the risks in middle ear surgery is high frequency hearing loss. It is believed that manipulations on the middle ear ossicles with the instruments may cause overstimulation of the inner ear and damage of the hear cells. Controversy arises whether temporary separation of the ossicles has any impact on middle ear transfer function and hearing threshold after surgery. The aim of t...

BACKGROUND Implantable devices have been proposed as an alternative to hearing aids and auditory canal reconstruction in patients with microtia (congenital aural atresia), which includes a malformation of the external and middle ear. This report is of two rare cases of microtia associated with congenital stapes ankylosis treated with an implantable device and describes the treatment outcomes. C...

OBJECTIVE To have a new macroscopic classification of otosclerosis based on appearance variations of the stapes footplate due to the disease and to determine if the color variations are correlated to a minor or major incidence of footplate complications. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2006 to December 2006, 106 patients affected by otosclerosis underwen...