在美国儿童耳硬化症并不多见,作者统计3,500例镫骨手术,有43例(62耳)年龄是在20岁以下。文献中很少叙述有关儿童或十几岁的孩子接受镫骨手术的效果。学者们认为,对儿童难以解释的传导性聋,可能是先天性听骨链问题、耳硬化症、先天性胆脂瘤,极少数是内耳传导听力损害。儿童耳硬化症者,近一半有家族史。儿童镫骨手术的效果,学者们的经验与成年人效果一样满意。本文43例儿童,男16例,女27例,发生传导性聋在6～17岁之间,而最常见的发病年龄在12～13岁,可能与青春期有关。作者在手术时发 In the United States, childhood otosclerosis is rare, with 3,500 stapes surgeries performed by the authors, and 43 (62 ears) under 20 years of age. The literature rarely addresses the effects of stapes surgery on children or teens. Scholars believe that conductive deafness, which is difficult to explain to children, may be a congenital ossicular chain problem, otosclerosis, congenital cholesteatoma, and very few are hearing-impaired conduction in the inner ear. Children with otosclerosis, nearly half have a family history. The effect of pediatric stapes surgery, scholars’ experience is as satisfying as the adult effect. This article 43 cases of children, 16 males and 27 females, the occurrence of conductive deaf between 6 to 17 years old, and the most common age at onset of 12 to 13 years old, may be related to adolescence. The author made during surgery