otosclerosis in A Sentence

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    What is affected in Otosclerosis?

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    Nobody actually knows why Otosclerosis happens.

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    If you have Otosclerosis, you may speak unusually quietly.

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    However, some people with Otosclerosis have no family history.

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    Some causes of deafness run in families, particularly Otosclerosis.

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    Otosclerosis is the most common cause of hearing loss in young people.

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    Otosclerosis is a condition of the middle ear and mainly affects the tiny stirrup(stapes) bone.

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    It may also reduce the chance of Otosclerosis progressing to affect your inner ear.

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    Usually both ears are affected in Otosclerosis but sometimes only one ear is affected.

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    In Otosclerosis, your eardrum usually looks normal and healthy when your doctor looks inside your ear.

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    They will do hearing tests which will show a specific pattern of hearing loss in Otosclerosis.

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    The effect of Otosclerosis on your ears is to make your own voice sound loud to you.

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    Otosclerosis happens because there is abnormal bone formation in one of the tiny bones in the middle ear.

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    There is some limited evidence that fluoride tablets may possibly slow the progression of the Otosclerosis in some cases.

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    Your doctor may refer you on to an ear, nose and throat specialist who will be able to make the diagnosis of Otosclerosis.

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    However, what is known is that Otosclerosis is not caused or worsened by listening to loud music or working in a loud environment.

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    In Otosclerosis, it seems that the re-modelling process of the stirrup(stapes)- one of the tiny bony ossicles in the middle ear- becomes faulty.

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    Sometimes the specialist may decide that you need to have a CT scan which will give them more information about how severe the Otosclerosis is.

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