Otosclerosis and pregnancy: a study of the influence of pregnancy on the hearing threshold before and after stapedectomy.
In a retrospective study of 144 fertile women subjected to operation for otosclerosis by the method of Shea or House, we found a fall in the hearing threshold in the operated ear which seemed to be a little greater in the patients who became pregnant after the operation than in those who did not. However, the hearing loss was significantly greater in the non-operated ear in the patients who became pregnant after the operation than in those who did not.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010040:Otosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000379:methods*