2020•Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and HealthcareOpen access
Assessment of Hearing by Pure Tone Audiometry in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media Undergoing Myringoplasty
Srinivasan Muthiah Kothandaramanujam, Thushita Nivasini Senthil, Muthubabu Kasiviswanathan, Saai Ram Thejas, Alagammai Sivaraman, Sravanthi Puvvada, Surya Gayathri, Jeeshan Umar
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Abstract
BACKGROUND \nChronic Otitis Media is a permanent abnormality of the pars tensa or flaccida, most \nlikely a result of earlier acute otitis media, negative middle ear pressure or otitis \nmedia with effusion. \nMETHODS \nIn our study, we evaluated the hearing status by means of a Pure Tone Audiometry \nin patients with inactive mucosal chronic otitis media undergoing myringoplasty \nwith a temporalis fascia underlay procedure. \nRESULTS \nAt the end of the study, the mean improvement in the air bone gap was found to \nbe 7 dB (36.16%) and the mean improvement in the air conduction threshold was \nfound to be 10 dB (25.23%). It was noted that there is a significant hearing \nimprovement. \nCONCLUSIONS \nA diseased ear which is diagnosed early and operated early produces better results \nthan a long-standing diseased ear. Also, a long-standing disease produces more \nhearing loss because of reasons like bone erosion and mucosal change. \n