Objective To explore the effect of myringotomy with insertion of tube and tympanocentesis on alleviating secretory otitis media(SOM) and hearing loss in cleft palate infants.
Radiation therapy for malignant head and neck tumors often involve the region of ear.The complications may cover a spectrum form otitis externa to osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone.
Conclusion This type of ossiculoplasty is an adequate procedure for primary restoration of hearing in chronic otitis media, congenital malformation of the middle ear and ossicular chain dislocation.
In addition, measles can suppress the immune system for up to 6 weeks, and this can contribute to bacterial superinfections like otitis media and bacterial pneumonia.