I Have Otosclerosis

Hi! My name is Jenna... And I'm not nearly as depressing as the name of this story:)
I'm 26 and I have been dealing with noticeable hearing loss for about 5-6 years now. I'm at an 80% conductive hearing loss in my left ear and 60% on my...

Hi,
First time I noticed something was wrong was 8 years ago during a flu, when all loud sounds like clapping got totally garbled. This lasted for a month or so so I went to a hearing exam. Mild hearing loss in the other ear...

Greetings, I am a 51 year old professional cellist. I began noticing some problems with my hearing about a month ago, the main symptom being a strange distortion of sound from my right ear. It's a little like listening through a broken...

I find it so strange. One day I have accepted my hearing loss and am learning to cope with a great attitude. I'm proud of myself for it, I know things will be okay.
All of a sudden, one day I wake up and something...happens. I don't...

Hi everyone,I've read all your stories and now its time to add mine.I first found out I had Otoschlerosis in my left ear about twenty years ago, but I'm sure I had it well before that. It was picked up when I went for a routine medical...

I have had otosclerosis for several years now. It was first diagnosed in the early '90's and the audiograms all showed 50% hearing loss in the left ear but my right ear was perfectly fine. The specialists I saw suggested that I try and...

So it's almost been two months since I had surgery to correct my hearing lost in my right ear due to Otosclerosis. I can notice a huge change in my hearing. I love it! It's almost better than my left ear, which I will need surgery on...

As a child I suffered many many ear infections.  I also did have measles.  they say there may be some link? Genetics? My father also was hard of hearing. He never really got screened properly I beleive.
I was...

I was dianosed with the condition a few weeks back.  Never thought I would have such a condition.  I first noticed my hearing was decreasing when my work mates started to point out that my hearing was bad and make a joke out of it...

You know being in my mid-20s, the last thing I suspect to be concerned with is any sign of health problems.  About a little over a year ago, I learned that I have a condition called otosclerosis, which is a condition of the middle...

I recently went to an ear specialist and he thinks I have otosclerosis. The symptoms I have been having for about a month and a half to 2 months are full feeling in the ears, blocked, pressure, crackeling sound when i yawn or swallow...

I am a bit worried as i have only just found out i have otosclerosis.I am partly deaf in both ears.I have to go back to have hearing aids fitted and have to go to Vestibular rehabilitation therapy to help me with nausea and dizziness.I...

Hello! I'm 23 now, and I was diagnosed with otosclerosis in both ears when I was 4. I had my first stapedectomy on my right ear when I was 12, and then my left ear at 13. It's been 10 years since I've had to where hearing-aids, and I...

Actually I'm seeing the doctor who will tell me more about my hearing in two days but I feel I have otosclerosis. Since November I can hear ringing in my left ear and the audiology shown I have hearing loss in my right ear (it is not...

So I got in to see my Audiologist today. The compared my tests from when I was 12, 17, and 23. Then they did one more test today. It looks like Otosclerosis. I am so nervous about this and surgery. I have this in my left ear, which has...

Had stapedectomy on 10/19. Still have packing in place and swelling caused some vertigo post op but I am back on my feet. Anxious to hear in the coming week(s) . I appreciate other entries which gave me a better scope of what this...

I have been losing my hearing for awhile... I just didn't know it.
I have had the surgery on both ears... the stapendectomy (sp)... It was great for about 3 years. I could hear things I had never remember hearing before. But now that...

I was just diagnosed with this condition yesterday, needless to say I am freaking out and trying to figure out where my gene pool went wrong... How gradual was everyones hearing loss? How long until you waited to get the surgery?

It's been a month and a half since I had corrective surgery for my otosclerosis. At first, I wasn't sure how things where going to turn out. I couldn't hear, I felt nauseous, dizzy, and off balanced. After a couple weeks, those symptoms...

I had my first hearing test about 2 years ago. I worked as a nurse then and realized I wasn't hearing the call bells or the phone ringing at the desk. It showed what the tester said looked like otosclerosis. My mom also has...