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n. - Hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness.

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  • While at Radcliffe, she experienced permanent hearing loss, diagnosed as otosclerosis.
  • When I was about ten years old the first signs of deafness (from otosclerosis) became noticeable.
  • Ms Melissa Thys, from the Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium, said that this finding may be a step towards new treatments for otosclerosis,...
  • Ms Thys and her team decided to study a gene called TGBF1 which they already knew had non-genetic indications of involvement in otosclerosis: it plays a role during...
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