EUSTACHIAN TUBE FUNCTION EVALUATION IN MUCOSAL-TYPE CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA UTILIZING THE TOYNBEE'S AND SACCHARINE TESTS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE RESULTS OF TYMPANOPLASTY

Abstract

Background: Chronic otitis media (COM) of the mucosal type is an inflammatory disease that lasts longer than 12 weeks

and can result in a pars tensa perforation that does not heal. The middle ear's pressure and ventilation balance depend on

the Eustachian tube function (ETF), and its malfunction might exacerbate an existing condition.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the function of the Eustachian tube in mucosal-type chronic otitis media

by means of the Toynbee's and saccharine tests, as well as the relationship between these tests and the results of

tympanoplasty.

Methods: The saccharine test and Toynbee's test were used to evaluate the Eustachian tube function of 108 participants

with chronic otitis media. Toynbee's test was classified as either normal or impaired function. Saccharine perception time

was separated into three categories for the saccharine test: extensive dysfunction, moderate dysfunction, and normal.

Following evaluation, these patients had tympanoplasty and continued to be monitored for three months to gauge

transplant uptake.