Brief overview Treatment: Injection with cortisone medication, hearing aid, long-term surgery to replace all or part of the stapes bone in the ear with a prosthesis Symptoms: Increasing hearing loss, untreated to the point of deafness, often ringing in the ears (tinnitus), rarely dizziness Causes and risk factors: Exact cause unknown, possibly infections (measles), hormonal … Otosclerosis: Symptoms and treatment
Beethoven was undoubtedly one of the very great European composers. He composed some of his most famous works when he could only communicate with “conversation books” due to his deafness. His progressive hearing loss began when he was only 26 years old. Today, most researchers believe that its cause was otosclerosis of the inner ear. … Otosclerosis: Gradual Hearing Loss
In Langenbeck’s noise audiometry, the hearing threshold is determined for different pitches with simultaneous superimposition of the pure tone with a background noise. The audiometric test allows conclusions to be drawn about whether sensorineural damage is present, that is, damage in the sensory system (sensors in the cochlea) and/or in the downstream neural area. The … Noise Audiometry: Treatment, Effect & Risks
More than almost any other organ in the human body, the middle ear boasts a rather complicated anatomy. Both its unique anatomy and its unusual location make the middle ear particularly susceptible to serious inflammation. What is the middle ear? Anatomical structure of the ear including the middle ear. The middle ear is located between … Middle Ear: Structure, Function & Diseases
Diseases of the middle ear cause hearing to become more difficult. In the middle ear, inflammatory changes are most common – and usually in the context of a throat infection that spreads through the Eustachian tube. Children in particular often suffer from concomitant otitis media in adults it occurs more often in the context of … Inner Ear: Diseases
Every child knows that our ears are responsible for hearing; however, balance and spatial awareness are also other important tasks of the inner ear. We explain how the middle ear and inner ear are structured, what their functions are and what diseases can occur. What exactly belongs to the middle and inner ear, where exactly … Inner Ear: What Happens Behind the Eardrum
The middle ear amplifies sound waves that arrive at the eardrum and cause it to vibrate. This is necessary because the sensory cells in the inner ear are embedded in fluid, and sound is perceived less strongly in fluid (you know the effect when you are immersed in the bathtub). How is the amplification achieved? … Inner Ear: Functions
Otosclerosis is a degenerative disease of the inner and middle ear. Due to so-called bony changes in the petrous bone, sound transmission from the eardrum to the inner ear is impeded. The result is hearing loss, which can lead to deafness as the otosclerosis progresses. What is otosclerosis? Because otosclerosis can lead to deafness, an … Otosclerosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
