CLINICAL AND AUDIOLOGICAL FACTORS WITH OSSICULAR CHAIN CONTINUITY IN SUBJECTS WITH CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Background: Myringoplasty is the recommended course of therapy for patients who have both a tympanic membrane
perforation and chronic otitis media (COM). However, myringoplasty and ossiculoplasty are performed in conjunction and
referred to as tympanoplasty when ossicles are involved. Determining the kind of tympanoplasty requires a preoperative
evaluation of ossicular status. Subjects with a small air-bone gap and a brief illness duration exhibit osseous chain continuity.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the ossicular chain status and preoperative
audiological, clinical, and other variables.