otoscleroticadj.n.

1925 Science 31 July 109/2 Otologists, physicians and many other people..quite generally have believed that otosclerotic hard-of-hearing people actually do hear better in the presence of a noise.

1933 M. Yearsley Otosclerosis iii. 7 The marriage of an otosclerotic male with his otosclerotic niece resulted in seven otosclerotic children.

1974 I. Friedmann Pathol. Ear v. 247 Every tenth adult person has otosclerotic foci within his temporal bone.

1999 Amer. Jrnl. Otol. 20 717 Malleus ankylosis is a cause of conductive hearing loss that can be difficult to assess, particularly in association with otosclerotic stapes fixation.

1925 Lancet 21 Nov. 1092/2 The oto-sclerotic, then, has certain advantages over one who has normal hearing.

1933 M. Yearsley Otosclerosis iii. 7 Körner..recorded the marriage of two otosclerotics.

1978 Jrnl. Amer. Audiol. Soc. 3 241 The preoperative audiometric and electroacoustic impedance test results of 24 surgically confirmed otosclerotics are reviewed.

1990 Jrnl. Laryngol. & Otol. 104 390 In the light of the small number of deaf otosclerotics the philosophy of who should be performing stapes surgery and who should be trained to perform it, is discussed.