otosclerosis
noun
oto·scle·ro·sis
ˌō-tō-sklə-ˈrō-səs 
: growth of spongy bone in the inner ear that causes progressively increasing deafness
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Past scholars have attributed the hearing loss to otosclerosis, or possibly lead poisoning from the wines Beethoven preferred.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
This was when Frankie was experiencing hearing issues due to otosclerosis, prior to his surgery.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
There was no evidence found for conditions hypothesized by some experts such as otosclerosis or Paget's disease, Begg said.
—Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
Since her teen years, Edinger had slowly been going deaf from otosclerosis, a disease of the inner ear.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018
Fabray had otosclerosis, a disease of the bones of the middle and inner ear.
—Mike Barnes, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2018
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
This was when Frankie was experiencing hearing issues due to otosclerosis, prior to his surgery.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
There was no evidence found for conditions hypothesized by some experts such as otosclerosis or Paget's disease, Begg said.
—Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
Since her teen years, Edinger had slowly been going deaf from otosclerosis, a disease of the inner ear.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018
Fabray had otosclerosis, a disease of the bones of the middle and inner ear.
—Mike Barnes, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2018
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otosclerosis
noun
oto·scle·ro·sis
ˌōt-ō-sklə-ˈrō-səs
plural otoscleroses
-ˌsēz
: growth of spongy bone in the inner ear where it gradually obstructs the oval window or round window or both and causes progressively increasing deafness
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