Gregory J. Artz, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discusses otosclerosis, one of the most common causes of hereditary conductive hearing loss and stapedectomy, the procedure used to treat it.

References and Resources
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