Surgery in the Only Hearing Ear.
- Author:
Moon Suh PARK
1
;
Young Soo KIM
;
Hyoung Seok HAM
;
Jung Ho CHOI
;
Do Il KIM
;
Hun Ki MIN
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, HanGang Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. pms0@channeli.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Only hearing ear;
Tympanoplasty;
Chronic otitis media;
Cholesteatoma
- MeSH:
Cholesteatoma;
Ear Diseases;
Ear*;
Ear, Inner;
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural;
Hearing*;
Humans;
Mastoid;
Mastoiditis;
Otitis Media;
Tympanoplasty
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1998;41(5):582-585
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Management of chronic ear disease which affects the only hearing ear has been a topic of much debate since chronic ear disease runs the risk of damage to the inner ear. Cholesteatoma and uncontrolled otitis media can induce the sensorineural hearing loss, therefore, surgical removal of diseased tissue is sometimes unavoidable. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy on the only hearing ears was performed in 9 patients. of whom four had cholesteatoma and five had mastoiditis. RESULTS: Compared to the preoperative air conduction hearing level, 3 cases showed improvement in the postoperative hearing level showed, whereas the remaining 6 cases did not show improvement.
