Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Otoscope - Journal of Otology Neurootology Audiology, cilt.4, ss.155-160, 2004 (Hakemli Dergi)
Stapedectomy is an operation chosen for correcting the hearing loss of the ear has otosclerosis desease. The operation has potential complications which can happen suddenly or take long years and after the operation so hearing of the patients needs to have a long-term follow-up. Our study has been designed for this objective and the effect of time on hearing threshold has been searched in the individuals with the otosclerosis disease and in those who have the stapedectomy operation. It has been searched hearing threshold shifts by time following stapedectomy in our study. At 75 ears with stapedectomy which included in long term follow-up period, air conduction and bone conduction thresholds, speech reception threshold (SRT) and speech discrimination score (SD) have been observed consequently 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 1 year, 2-3 years and 4-17 years after the operation. In the conclusion of our study, a decrease in hearing thresholds has been observed at all frequencies, particularly at high frequencies. By using the obtained findings, it has been concluded that the long term follow-up after stapedectomy operation is an important criterion to observe the otosclerosis disease.