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Assessment of Quality of Life in Chronic Otitis Media Patients Undergoing Type I Tympanoplasty.
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- Predictive factors of successful tympanoplasty and quality of life outcomes in adults with dry perforation: a randomised clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Disease-specificity in correlations between speech audiometry, hearing-related quality of life, and varying calculation methods for pure tone average in middle ear diseases.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Observational
- Inflammatory aneurysm of the C1 segment of the internal carotid artery linked to ipsilateral internal carotid artery occlusion due to otitis media: A Case Report and Literature Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
introductionChronic otitis media (COM) contributes to considerable morbidity, with hearing loss and tympanic membrane perforations negatively affecting quality of life (QOL). This study aims to assess the outcomes following tympanoplasty in patients with unilateral mucosal COM, with a focus on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) using the Chronic Otitis Media Outcome Test 15 (COMOT-15) questionnaire, in addition to evaluating audiological and surgical results. METHODOLOGY: A prospective study of 70 patients undergoing Type I tympanoplasty was conducted from April 2023 to July 2024 in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi. Pre- and postoperative assessments included pure-tone audiometry (PTA) and COMOT-15 surveys. Graft uptake, hearing thresholds, and HR-QOL domains (symptoms, mental health, social function) were analyzed using paired t-tests and chi-square tests (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 27 (Released 2020; IBM Corp., Armonk, New York)).
resultsPostoperatively, 85.7% achieved normal hearing (vs. 0% preoperatively; p = 0.001), with the mean air-bone gap improving from 28.85 ± 7.99 dB to 12.42 ± 7.26 dB (p = 0.001). Graft uptake was successful in 94.3%. COMOT-15 scores declined significantly (31.61 to 7.18; p = 0.001), with 85.7% reporting no QOL issues. Severe ear discharge reduced from 37.1% to 4.3% (p = 0.001), and psychological scores improved from 11.92 ± 1.67 to 0.77 ± 2.49 (p = 0.001). Hearing restoration was associated with mental health improvement (90.9% marked improvement; p < 0.001).
conclusionType I tympanoplasty significantly restores hearing and HR-QOL in COM patients. The COMOT-15 tool effectively quantifies subjective benefits, highlighting the procedure's dual clinical and psychosocial impact.
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