Consider the client's case history: 30 year-old female with gradual hearing loss over the last 3...

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Consider the client's case history: 30 year-old female withgradual hearing loss over the last 3 years. Her older sisterreports problems hearing since about the age of 18. She reports alight roaring sound in her left ear, no problem with dizziness,otalgia, pressure or otorrhea. The audiologist is suspicious ofotosclerosis but needs an ENT to make the official diagnosis.

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Pateint is suffering from Otosleosis as she is female with affected sister age around 30 years with gradual hearing loss over 3 years with roaring sound in noisy enviroment Other causes are ruled out as there is no otorrhea otalgia or dizziness OtosclerosisDisease of bony labyrinth It is also known as Otospongiosis which is active stage of otosclerosis Autosomal Dominant    See Answer
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