Speech Discrimination in Advanced Otosclerosis following Stapedectomy
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in ORL
- Vol. 47 (1) , 37-41
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000275743
Abstract
This paper studies the changes in speech discrimination following stapes surgery in patients with advanced otosclerosis. Two thirds of these patients showed a postoperative improvement in the discrimination score with obvious correlation with closure of bone-air gap. The results were slightly worse in comparison to those obtained on otosclerotic patients with good bone conduction. In advanced otosclerosis even a minimal impairment in bone conduction and/or an incomplete closure of the gap interfere with discrimination.Keywords
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