Hearing improvement after stapedectomy: Up to 19 years' follow-up period

1 January 1986

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Vol. 100 (1) , 1-8
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215100098662

Abstract

The long-term results of 925 stapedectomies were analysed after a mean follow-up period of 15 years. Patients who had the operation before the age of 30 were analysed separately. The entire group deteriorated by an average of 0.91 dB/year at 500–2000 Hz, while the under-30 group deteriorated by 0.67 dB/year. There were but slight differences in the conductive component, considering frequencies and age. The perceptive loss'year was not far from that in a normal population.

Keywords

STAPEDECTOMIES
LOSS'YEAR
SLIGHT
FREQUENCIES
DETERIORATED
DB/YEAR
HEARING
LONG TERM RESULTS
PERIOD THE LONG

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