Stapes surgery and psychiatric complications

Abstract Changes in auditory perception can cause disturbances in development and personality. This phenomenon has been studied in particular in children hearing loss or in progressive or sudden hearing loss in the adult. We present the case of a patient with psychobehavioural alterations after restoration of hearing following a small fenestra stapedectomy for bilateral otosclerosis with moderate–severe hearing impairment. The diagnosis, physiopathology and medicolegal implications are discussed.