Clinical and tympanometric assessment of middle ear effusion versus myringotomy finding

Joint Authors

Ahmad, Muhammad D.
Muhammad, Hamid M.
Badr, Hani Musa
Fattuhi, Mazin N.

Source

Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad

Issue

Vol. 50, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2008), pp.1-18, 18 p.

Publisher

University of Baghdad Faculty of Medicine

Publication Date

2008-09-30

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

18

Main Subjects

Medicine

Topics

Abstract EN

Background : The present study was planned to show the accuracy of clinical examination and tympanometry in diagnosis of middle ear effusion.

Patients and Methods : The study involved 80 patients (160 ears)suspected to have otitis media with effusion (OME) from different age groups ; 56 were males and 24 were females.

Clinical assessment for all patients included otoscopy, pneumatic otoscopy and audiological assessment by using pure tone audiometry and tympanometry then comparing the results to findings at myringotomy as the gold standard for presence or absence of fluid in the middle ear.

Results : Fluid whether serous or glue was found in 100 ears (62.5 %) where as sixty ears were dry, sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of tympanometry were 90 %, 70 % and 85 % respectively, and for clinical assessment were 82 %, 52 % and 71 % respectively.

A combined clinical and tympanometry sensitivity and specificity were calculated and found to be 96 % and 92 % respectively.

Conclusion : clinical examination as a method for diagnosis of middle ear effusion depend on experience of the examiner.

tympanometry proved to be a reliable diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of OME, it appeared significantly better at determining non effusion state.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Muhammad, Hamid M.& Badr, Hani Musa& Fattuhi, Mazin N.& Ahmad, Muhammad D.. 2008. Clinical and tympanometric assessment of middle ear effusion versus myringotomy finding. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad،Vol. 50, no. 3, pp.1-18.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Muhammad, Hamid M.…[et al.]. Clinical and tympanometric assessment of middle ear effusion versus myringotomy finding. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad Vol. 50, no. 3 (2008), pp.1-18.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Muhammad, Hamid M.& Badr, Hani Musa& Fattuhi, Mazin N.& Ahmad, Muhammad D.. Clinical and tympanometric assessment of middle ear effusion versus myringotomy finding. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad. 2008. Vol. 50, no. 3, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-331359

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-331359