title: [Audiological assessment in 79 patients with tympanosclerosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct audiological assessment in patients with tympanosclerosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review was conducted in 79 patients with tympanosclerosis (involving 79 ears) with complete records, including 30 patients (30 ears) with fixed Malleus-incus complex, 29 (29 ears) with fixed stapes, and 20 (20 ears) with fixations of both the stapes footplate and the Malleus-incus complex. Audiometry was performed for all the patients one or two days before operation, and the audiological features of the patients were compared between the 3 groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the patients (65.8%) suffered conductive hearing loss, 32.9% had mixed deafness, and one patient had sensorineural hearing loss. No statistically significant differences was noted in the speech frequency (0.5, 1, and 2 kHz) air conduction pure tone average (PTA) or the air-bone gap (ABG) in the 3 groups (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most of the patients with tympanosclerosis suffer conductive hearing loss, and the severity of hearing loss is not associated with the site of tympanosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China. wanliangcai@126.com
authors.forename: Liang-cai
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Nan-ping
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shuang-xiu
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods*; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000503:physiopathology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012598:Sclerosis; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult