Using tympanometry to detect glue ear in general practice.

Using tympanometry to detect glue ear in general practice.

Why use tympanometry in general practice: A review

Otitis media is a frequent problem in preschool children and one of the most common reasons for treatment with antibiotics in children. The exact diagnosis is important for proper management. The diagnosis of otitis media is often difficult. Pneumatic otoscopy, otomicroscopy, and tympanometry can improve the diagnostic quality by indicating fluid or no fluid in the middle ear and thus improve t...

Ear Diseases in General Practice

THE frequency with which one meets with diseases of the ear in general practice is a reason why the general practitioner should have a clear practical knowledge of how to approach such cases with a view to their diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. In approaching this subject it is essential to have a clear understanding of the anatomical divisions of the ear, and a good preliminary introductio...

Tympanometry in general practice: use, problems and solutions.

OBJECTIVES The diagnosis in children with middle ear symptoms is often difficult. Tympanometry is recommended as a supplementary diagnostic tool with a high predictive value for fluid or no fluid in the middle ear. The aim of this study was to examine how tympanometry was used in Danish general practice in 2009, to report common problems general practitioners (GPs) and GP nurses encounter in ty...

Tympanometry in Clinical Practice

Two “must read” articles on the development of clinical tympanometry are Terkildsen and Thomsen (1959) and Terkildsen and Scott-Nielsen (1960). Their interest in estimating middle-ear pressure and in measuring recruitment with the acoustic reflex had a profound effect on the development of clinical instruments. Each time I read these articles, I am struck first by the incredible amount of infor...