Otosclerosis: Shift in bone conduction after stapedotomy KU Leuven
OBJECTIVES: To analyze changes in bone conduction (BC) thresholds before and after stapedotomy in patients with clinical otosclerosis with a focus on the Carhart notch, which is defined as a significant loss of BC at a certain audiometric frequency. METHODOLOGY: Retrospective case review of pure tone audiometry (PTA) in 213 patients who underwent a stapedotomy at a tertiary referral center between 2004 and 2011. The patients were grouped by age ...