Audiologic Patterns of Otic Capsule Preserving Temporal Bone Fracture: Effects of the Affected Subsites.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study was aimed to assess the relationship between the type of temporal bone area involved and conductive hearing loss.

Methods

We enrolled 97 patients who visited the otolaryngology clinics of Seoul National University Hospital or Boramae Medical Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University with temporal bone fracture between January 2004 and January 2014. Audiometric parameters, including initial and improved air-bone (AB) conduction gap values, were reviewed in accordance with the temporal bone computed tomography (external auditory canal [EAC], middle ear [ME], mastoid [M], and ossicle [O]).

Results

Patients with ossicular chain involvement exhibited a larger AB gap compared to those with no ossicular chain involvement at 250, 1,

SUBMITTER: Kim SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4996100 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature