I am 42, Female. Both my ears have otosclerosis. Left ear had been operated upon 18 years ago. Couple of months back, suddenly left ear felt like clogged or blocked or stuffy kind of feeling, when people speak, I am don't understand them clearly, even TV too. I have consulted the ENTs in the place where I live, but they gave me decongestant and steam with vicks or amrutanjan, but no relief. It is like, when we go higher altitudes, the ears gets clogged and they open up after some time on their own, in my case, the clogged remain clogged and no opening up had happened.

Dr. Sajeev KumarGeneral Physician32yrs exp

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It a hereditary disorder causing progressive deafness due to overgrowth of bone in the inner ear.Otosclerosis is a condition that mainly affects the stirrup (stapes), one of the tiny bony ossicles in the middle ear. To have normal hearing, the ossicles need to be able to move freely in response to sound waves. In otosclerosis, abnormal bone material grows around the stapes. The foot of the stapes, where it attaches to the cochlea, is usually where the condition starts. The abnormal bone reduces the movement of the stapes, which reduces the amount of sound that is transferred to the cochlea. The growth of the abnormal bone is very gradual. However, eventually the stapes can become fixed, or fused, with the bone of the cochlea. This can cause severe hearing loss. The hearing loss is known as conductive hearing loss (sound vibrations cannot be conducted (transmitted) from the stapes to the cochlea). Hope it is clear to you now 

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