Otosclerosis..... How quickly does it affect people?

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@JFS

Hi BeckiKinsella,
I was diagnosed with otosclerosis way back in the 70’s
I had my first left-ear stapedectomy in 1980 and my right-ear in 2001, both were very successful!
The reason for the 21 year interval was that at that time ENT’s firmly believed one should never operate both ears (in case one ear went bad you had the other)
Well, now, it is my right ear that is doing poorly. The ENT who did the surgery in 1980 has said to not wait, but most other ENT’s disagreed- I waited, my bad!
So, to me, my early LE stapedectomy did seem to halt otosclerosis from progressing in my L inner ear, not so lucky with my RE.
Bottom line: see a GOOD ENT, if otosclerosis, do not wait, otosclerosis is insidious! Inner ear damage (at least for now) is irreversible.
Take care, JS

I find this interesting.
My ENT told me that putting off the surgery would not affect anything detrimentally, no problem in waiting. But now I read you post that says your Ent said not to wait to stop it from progressing to the inner ear. My ENT actually teaches this op at hospitals and is very credible, so I am very confused.