title: Comparison of hearing outcomes after treatment for early-stage external auditory canal cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the hearing outcomes after surgery with reconstruction of the external auditory canal in combination with tympanoplasty, radiotherapy (RT) alone, and surgery followed by postoperative RT for T1 to 2N0M0 external auditory canal cancer.
  
  
  
  We performed a retrospective, single-institution review of consecutive patients with early-stage external auditory canal cancer treated with surgery and/or RT between April 1997 and August 2013. Audiological data included the pretreatment hearing thresholds and those obtained at 12 months after the completion of therapy.
  
  
  
  When we compared the functional gains for air-conduction pure-tone average thresholds and mean air-bone gaps, those in the surgery group (n = 10) were significantly higher than those in the RT (n = 13) and surgery + RT (n = 5) groups.
  
  
  
  Adequate techniques for reconstruction of the external auditory canal in combination with tympanoplasty after complete surgical resection is useful for hearing preservation in addition to good survival outcomes. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: E1110-E1116, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamaru
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakashita
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuya
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: early stage; external auditory canal cancer; hearing outcome; radiation; surgery