Operations Other Than Otosclerosis for Improvement of Impaired Hearing

Abstract

It is gratifying to note that since the War otologists have shown increasing interest in the treatment of impaired hearing. The successful surgical treatment of otosclerosis has intensified the search for micro-surgical methods for treatment of the middle ear. These methods have provided possibilities to try to improve hearing impaired by pathologic changes in the transmission apparatus of the ear. The methods devised are generally referred to under the common name of tympanoplasty.