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Both objective indicators (hearing thresholds and air-bone gap) and subjective patient assessment of quality of life were considered.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>We included 84 patients with unilateral otosclerosis who underwent stapes surgery. There were 24 men and 60 women, aged between 22 and 73 (mean\u2009=\u200944.1\u2009\u00b1\u200910.5) years. Pure tone audiometry (frequency range: 0.125\u20138\u2009kHz) was performed preoperatively and 6 and 12 months postoperatively. Quality of life was assessed with the Assessment of Quality of Life \u2013 8 Dimensions (AQoL-8D) questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The preoperative air-conduction hearing thresholds were on average 56.6\u2009dB HL and improved significantly to 31.3\u2009dB HL 6 months after stapes surgery. Air-bone gap before surgery was on average 29.8\u2009dB HL and improved significantly to 9.9\u2009dB 6 months after stapes surgery. Hearing thresholds were stable for 12 months after stapes surgery. Overall quality of life significantly increased after surgery, with improvements occurring in several domains: independent living, senses, mental health, coping, and relationships.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Stapedotomy is an effective treatment for patients with unilateral otosclerosis. As well as improving hearing thresholds, it significantly enhances overall quality of life.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0045-1811953","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,18]],"date-time":"2026-03-18T00:18:12Z","timestamp":1773793092000},"page":"001-007","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effectiveness of Stapedotomy in Improving Audibility and Quality of Life in Patients with Unilateral Otosclerosis \u2013 A Retrospective Study"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"30","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-2048-4366","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrzej","family":"Pastuszak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngosurgery Clinic, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3173-3867","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"El\u017cbieta","family":"Gos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9952-9558","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aleksandra","family":"Kolodziejak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9756-9433","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u0141ukasz","family":"Plichta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngosurgery Clinic, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4978-1915","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Piotr Henryk","family":"Skarzynski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Teleaudiology and Screening, World Hearing Center, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing, Warsaw, Poland"},{"name":"Institute of Sensory Organs, Kajetany, Warsaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,17]]},"reference":[{"issue":"02","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"456","DOI":"10.1007\/s11606-022-07795-9","article-title":"The Impact of Hearing Loss and Its Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life Utility: a Systematic Review with Meta-analysis","volume":"38","author":"E D Borre","year":"2023","journal-title":"J Gen Intern Med"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1186\/s12901-018-0051-6","article-title":"Generic quality of life in persons with hearing loss: a systematic literature review","volume":"18","author":"\u00d8 Nordvik","year":"2018","journal-title":"BMC Ear Nose Throat Disord"},{"issue":"11","key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4160","DOI":"10.18203\/2320-6012.ijrms20233392","article-title":"Prevalence of otosclerosis among patients having deafness with intact tympanic membrane: a hospital based cross-sectional study","volume":"11","author":"P KR Gangyada","year":"2023","journal-title":"Int J Res Med Sci"},{"key":"ref5","volume-title":"A Treatise on Otosclerosis and its Treatment","author":"R A Tange","year":"2019"},{"issue":"05","key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"596","DOI":"10.1097\/00129492-200109000-00006","article-title":"Prevalence of otosclerosis in an unselected series of temporal bones","volume":"22","author":"F Declau","year":"2001","journal-title":"Otol Neurotol"},{"issue":"02","key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"291","DOI":"10.1016\/j.otc.2017.11.001","article-title":"Otosclerosis: Temporal Bone Pathology","volume":"51","author":"A M Quesnel","year":"2018","journal-title":"Otolaryngol Clin North Am"},{"issue":"01","key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17","DOI":"10.17430\/1003361","article-title":"Stapes surgery for otosclerosis: audiometric and self-reported hearing outcomes","volume":"9","author":"H Skarzynski","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Hear Sci"},{"issue":"02","key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"112","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2273.2003.00675.x","article-title":"The aetiology of otosclerosis: a review of the literature","volume":"28","author":"D J Menger","year":"2003","journal-title":"Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci"},{"issue":"08","key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"279","DOI":"10.1080\/00325481.1992.11701379","article-title":"Otosclerosis. 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