Good evening @rinagelman49 and @shanb.
Although I have not had a stapedectomy actually. It was my mother. Both she and my grandfather were deaf. My mom was invited to participate in the stapedectomy in the 1960's and if my memory is correct, had one of the first successful surgeries. I remember her telling me how she could hear the doctors and nurses walk around the room. Then an ambulance pulled in with a siren blasting and about knocked her off the surgery bed.

Her life was immediately changed.....more smiles, more laughter, more lunches with friends.

I hope you have your surgery questions answered.

One thing I do have is Tinnitus. It has been with me for years. What helps???? Wearing hearing aids.

May you be safe, protected and free of inner and outer harm.
Chris