otosclerosis

Otosclerosis is a disease of the middle ear that slowly forms abnormal spongy bone. #+ # The disease results in a conductive hearing loss that, may spread to the inner ear resulting in a sensorineural hearing loss.# Otosclerosis may be caused by infection or a jarring blow to the head.# The sound entering the ear cannot travel across the ossicular chain to the inner ear.# This process occurs so gradually that the person with it often does …

…may not want to leave. To many deaf people the deaf world has become a blanket of security. Venturing out into the hearing world may be an extra challenge that one is not ready to face. Deaf people one may not know what is expected of them in the hearing world because they must start again from scratch. One must learn how to communicate all over again, similar to a baby learning how to speak.