title: [Hearing results following tympanoplasty (author's transl)].
abstract: Tympanoplasty can produce a stable hearing improvement in many patients with chronically inflamed ears. In our series of patients, severe damage to the inner ear following surgery occurred in 3% patients and was associated with a hearing loss of greater than 15 dB. Complete hearing loss occurred in 0.2% of the patients reviewed. In patients with an intact ossicular chain, simple myringoplasty is associated with the best results. Loss of the stapedial arches affects the postoperative air-bone gap most significantly, while loss of the manubrium mallei or the creation of a radical mastoid cavity are additional negative factors. Extent or localization of ossicular fixation has no direct influence on hearing results when appropriate ossicular reconstruction is performed.
mesh_terms: D003054:Cochlear Implants; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000628:therapy; D006315:Hearing Loss, Functional / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008307:Malleus / Q000601:surgery; D009225:Myringoplasty; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*
vernacular_title: Das Hörvermögen nach Tympanoplastik.