[Functional results in myringoplasties].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to assess hearing improvement after myringoplasty.


METHODS
We present a retrospective study with a total of 119 cases undergoing myringoplasty at our Department analyzing the air conduction thresholds before and 6 months after surgery. We conducted an analysis of variance for the different variables and contrasted hypotheses using Student's T-test.


RESULTS
We obtained a hearing improvement at all frequencies, except at 8.000 Hz, at which surgery noticeably worsens hearing. The lower the frequency, the higher the hearing improvement, with the best results at 250 Hz, where the mean hearing improvement reached 13.49 dB.


CONCLUSIONS
Myringoplasty is an effective technique in the recovery of hearing thresholds secondary to a tympanic membrane perforation.
Piédrola Maroto
David
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Servicio de ORL, CIBERESP, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, España. david.piedrola@terra.es
Escalona Gutiérrez
Juan José
JJ
Conde Jiménez
Manuel
M
Casado Morente
Juan Carlos
JC
Povedano Rodríguez
Valerio
V
Benítez-Parejo
Nicolás
N
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult