It is a disease that usually occurs as a result of recurrent middle ear infections. Many patients also have inadequate functioning of the Eustachian tube. Harmful tissues in the middle ear caused by cholesteatoma; they may cause perforation in the eardrum, destruction of the ossicles, severe hearing loss, melting in adjacent bone structures, in more…
Hearing is achieved by the sounds coming to our ears by reaching the eardrum through the auricle and external ear canal, vibrating the eardrum, and then being transferred to the inner ear by the movement of the stapes, incus and malleus bones in the middle ear. After the inner ear, it is converted into electrical…
The auditory pathway starts with the entrance of the sound from the auricle and the external auditory canal, and continues by creating a vibration on the eardrum and transferring this sound to the inner ear through the middle ear ossicles. Sound that comes to the inner ear in the form of mechanical energy is converted…
Tinnitus is a symptom, not a disease, and is the hearing of sound in the ear even though there is no audible stimulus in the environment. Patients may describe this sound as ringing sound, machine sound, humming etc. The exact cause is not clear, and many possible reasons can cause ringing in the ears. Tinnitus…
Vertigo is not a disease but a symptom and can occur for a variety of reasons. Vertigo is briefly described as a motion illusion or hallucination. This movement can sometimes be in the form of a true rotation or sometimes it is described by patients as feeling of imbalance, insecurity or swinging (also called “dizziness,…
It is one of the most common diseases of childhood and is also called “water collection in the middle ear” among the people. It is called “Serous otitis media (SOM)” or “otitis media with effusion (EOM)” by Ear Nose Throat physicians. Children in the 3-6 age group are most frequently affected. How and for what…
What is a bionic ear and to whom is it applied? Cochlear implant is a device that is applied in cases of congenital or subsequent hearing loss where the hearing aids are insufficient and in cases of advanced and very advanced hearing loss (where the hearing loss exceeds 70-80 dB). These devices convert sounds coming…
These are operations performed ort he treatment of perforation in the eardrum or the disease in the middle ear. Depending on the condition of the disease, the size and duration of surgeries may vary. The type of surgeries can become in the form of eardrum repair (Myringoplasty), repair of ossicles in the middle ear (Tympanoplasty)…