Bone-conduction threshold and air-bone gap may predict frequency-specific air-conduction threshold after tympanoplasty.

Postoperative hearing improvement is one of the main expectations for patients receiving tympanoplasty. The capacity to predict postoperative hearing may help to counsel a patient properly and avoid untoward expectations. It is difficult to predict postoperative hearing without knowing the disease p...

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Main Authors: Ethan I Huang, Yu-Chieh Wu, Hsiu-Mei Chuang, Tzu-Chi Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248421