Surgical treatment of otosclerosis. Bypass of a fixed stapes bone with a small piston (4.5mm long and 0.4mm diameter) through a surgically created hole through the footplate of the stapes bone
Patient Resources
Patient Resources
- Conditions Managed
- Vestibular Schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)
- Endoscopic Ear Surgery
- Single Sided Deafness
- Exostoses (Surfer’s Ear)
- Hearing Loss
- Glue Ear, Middle Ear Infections and Grommets
- Tympanic Membrane Perforation (A hole in the ear drum) and Tympanoplasty (myringoplasty)
- Otosclerosis and Stapedectomy
- Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) Update
- The Ageing Ear
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aids: Cochlear BAHA, Medel Bonebridge and Medel Vibrant Soundbridge
- Cochlear Implants
- Congenital Hearing Loss [Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss]
- Meniere’s Disease: Update
- Tinnitus
- Cholesteatoma and Chronic Ear Disease
- Vertigo
- Paragangliomas (Glomus Tumours)
- Otitis Externa (outer ear infection) or swimmers ear
- The Blocked Ear
- Sleep Apnoea and Tonsillitis in Children (Tonsillectomy)
- Snoring and Sleep Apnoea in Adults
- The Ear and Hearing
- Precautions for Flying (Flying with a blocked ear)