Diagnosed with moderate hearing loss

2025-11-06 11:48:26
I am 28 years old male diagnose switch otosclerosis and moderate hearing loss and it has worsened over 4 years from 30-50 db I want guidance on what to do as I understand there are 2 options hearing aids or stapedotomy/stapedectomy considering I am young what is the best plan of action my family people have the same situation but they got diagnosed at an older age(40-50)  and have been using hearing aids for a long time now. with surgery my concern is due to my young age I will have multiple surgeries and each with higher risk of dead ear I have high frequency tinnitus as well
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Surgery will be a better option and you do not need multiple surgeries

Answered2025-11-12 04:55:13

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