Formation of spongy bone in the labyrinth capsule which can progress toward the STAPES (stapedial fixation) or anteriorly toward the COCHLEA leading to conductive, sensorineural, or mixed HEARING LOSS. Several genes are associated with familial otosclerosis with varied clinical signs. (Experimental Factor Ontology, EFO_0004213)
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14 genes co-occuring with the biological term otosclerosis in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.