As you prepare for your surgery or start shopping afterward, review your usual diet to find opportunities for positive changes. Consider incorporating more whole, minimally processed foods. An easy ...

Common surgical options for hearing loss may include cochlear implants, or possibly a mastoidectomy, ossiculoplasty, stapedectomy, or tympanoplasty. Hearing loss is a condition that can affect people ...

To investigate the value of wideband tympanometry (WBT) in assessing middle-ear function after endoscopic type I tympanoplasty, and to analyze postoperative changes in wideband absorbance (WBA), ...

This two-day course provides a progressive step-by-step dissection of the temporal bone using a thiel embalmed cadaveric prosection. A competency based training manual has been devised so trainees can ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Tympanoplasty is a surgery designed to create a new eardrum or repair a hole in the eardrum, or a perforated eardrum. Causes can include trauma from a Q-tip, scuba diving, loud ...

The tympanic membrane, or eardrum, is a thin piece of tissue that separates the external ear from the middle ear. Its main function is to transmit sound from the air to the three small bones of the ...

Tympanosclerosis refers to scarring of the eardrum, or tympanic membrane, and middle ear due to infection, surgery, or injury. Symptoms do not always develop. Surgery or hearing aids may help.