Otosklerosis

Middle ear consists of the ear drum and the room that contains 3 bones called bone hammer, and the bones the foundation stirrup bone. The sound waves into the ear causes the ear drum vibrate. This vibration dihantarkan to the bone through the third. In the ear, the vibration is changed in the form of impulse-impulse that will be taken by the nerve to the brain. If the process penulangan this will affect the ability of excessive bone stirrup for delivering sound waves and horrible ear drum. Causing hearing loss.

Otosklerosis grouped in the interference because hantaran affect bone-ear bones in the delivery of sound to the auditory nerve. If someone is experiencing hearing loss that neural (nerve), the hantaran impulse-nerve impulse to the brain will be involved.

Otosklerosis often a condition that is revealed (herediter). About 10% of the population suffering otosklerosis ethnic Caucasus, but is rarely found in other ethnic. Women more than men suffer otosklerosis. Is the cause of the interference that often hantaran hearing at the age of 15 - 50 years, but if the process penulangan this only happens in bone and the bones the foundation hammer usually no symptoms and are often not detected. If there penulangan in the stirrup bone then there is progressive hearing loss.