ArticleOtolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery2020
High-Frequency Conductive Hearing following Total Drum Replacement Tympanoplasty.
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- Methods for the calibration of bone conduction transducers at frequencies from 5 to 20 kHz.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2022Article
- Mechanics of Total Drum Replacement Tympanoplasty Studied With Wideband Acoustic Immittance.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Does stapedotomy improve high frequency conductive hearing?Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2021Article
- Forward and Reverse Middle Ear Transmission in Gerbil with a Normal or Spontaneously Healed Tympanic Membrane.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2021Article
- Do high-frequency air-bone gaps persist after ossiculoplasty?Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesConventional reporting of posttympanoplasty hearing outcomes use a pure-tone averaged air-bone gap (ABG) largely representing a low-frequency sound conduction. Few studies report high-frequency conductive hearing outcomes. Herein, we evaluate high-frequency ABG in patients following temporalis fascia total drum replacement. STUDY
designCase series with chart review.
settingTertiary care center. SUBJECTS AND
methodsAll patients who underwent type 1 tympanoplasty using a lateral graft total drum replacement technique between August 2016 and February 2019 were identified. Patients with pre- and postoperative audiograms were included. Low-frequency ABG was calculated as the mean ABG at 250, 500, and 1000 Hz. High-frequency ABG was calculated at 4 KHz. Pre- and postoperative ABGs were compared.
resultsTwenty-three patients were included, and the mean age at surgery was 44 years (range, 9-68 years). Perforation etiology was from trauma (n = 14) or chronic otitis media (n = 9). Preoperative mean low-frequency ABG was 27.8 ± 12.6 dB and mean high-frequency ABG was 21.5 ± 15.1 dB (
conclusionIn a series of patients undergoing temporalis fascia total drum replacement, low-frequency ABG improved; however, high-frequency conductive hearing loss persists. Conventional methods of reporting ABG may not identify persistent high-frequency ABG. These results merit further study across a range of tympanoplasty graft materials and surgical techniques.
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