DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2018.v04i05.007

Pages: 107-111

Otosclerosis is a mysterious disease that has confused and interested clinicians and researchers for centuries and despite intensive research, etiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms remain unknown. This study was embarked upon to determine whether there would be hearing threshold gain among patients with otosclerosis who underwent stapedotomy and also to ascertain whether the threshold gained would be significant or not. A retrospective study of 128 patients who underwent stapedotomy between 2008 – 2013 at Indorewala ENT Hospital, Nashik, India. Medical records, including preoperative and postoperative audiograms were reviewed. A comparative study of pre and postoperative hearing thresholds was done. Analysis of data was done through descriptive statistics and t-test. Comparing pre and post-operative audiometric thresholds, (N = 128, youngest = 16 years, oldest = 72 years, mean age = 41.70, SD = 12.86), our results showed significantly bilaterally 17dB hearing threshold gain. Right ear - (t=7.209, df=254, p=0.000), Left ear - (t=7.353, df=254, p=0.000). There were successful improvement in all ears (100%) and there was no single patient with surgery-related sensorineural hearing loss. Our conclusion is that competent hands (Audiologists and ENT surgeons) are very pivotal to improved hearing and stem otosclerotic progression.