
AA222
Operation Manual
Page 15
Interpretation of Test Results
Tympanometric Curves and Pathologies
- According to Feldmann -
Peak Pressure
Negative
Pressure:
1) Blocked
Eustachian
tube
2) Serous
otitis
media
Normal Pressure:
1) Ossicular bone
fixation
2) Adhesive fixation
3) Ossicular
discontinuity
4) Middle ear tumour
5) Eardrum abnormality
Positive
Pressure:
1) Early
acute otitis
media
Absence of
Pressure Peak:
1) Middle ear
effusion
2) Open tymp.
membrane
3) Artifact
Amplitude
Increased
Amplitude:
1) Eardrum
abnormality
2) Ossicular
discontinuity
Decreased Amplitude:
1) Ossicular fixation
bony or adhesive
2) Serous otitis media
3) Cholesteatoma,
polyps, granuloma
4) Glomus tumours
Unchanged Amplitude:
1) Blocked Eustachian
tube
2) Early acute otitis media
Shape
........................Slopes.......................
Smoothness:
Decreased / Flattened
slope:
1) Serous otitis
2) Ossicular fixation
3) Tumours of middle
ear
Increased slope:
1) Eardrum
abnormality
2) Ossicular
discontinuity
Altered smoothness:
1) Eardrum abnormality
2) Ossicular
discontinuity
3) Vascular tumours
4) Patulous Eustachian
tube
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