A 32-year-old woman presents with progressive conductive hearing loss over 2 years. Audiometry shows a characteristic dip at 2 kHz. A 28-year-old man with similar progressive hearing loss shows a mixed hearing loss pattern with bone conduction thresholds also elevated. Which feature best distinguishes otosclerosis from congenital stapes fixation?

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