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OBJECTIVE Several reports have suggested that the incidence of otosclerosis is declining. However, due to the limitations of epidemiologic databases within the United States, little is known about the incidence of congenital stapes footplate fixation (CSFF), much less epidemiological trends over the past 50 years. The current study was conceived to characterize the epidemiology of CSFF over the past five decades using the unique resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP). STUDY DESIGN Population-based study. PATIENTS The me