Tympanoplasty (Ear) Health Feed

You can get it done whenever you want it but the sooner you get it done the better will be recovery.

Hi lybrate-user
you have some or ear perforation
the name of your surgery is myringoplasty/tympanoplasty
the surgery is safe lasts for 2 hrs and you can go back to work after 7 to 10 days
but prior that proper diagnosia n evaluation
you may cntact me for same
cheap in kolkata. Around 45 to 40 k.in kolkata. It maybe more elsewhere.

Hello
1. Very small hole heal on it's own.
2. Slightly larger size paper patch myringoplasty
3. Still larger one fat myringoplasty.
4. Still larger size tragal perichondial myringoplasty
5. Largest size temporalis facial tympanoplasty.

Ear, nose&throat (ent) are interconnected & thinking in terms of recurrent infection, tonsilitis, adenoids swelling & chronic discharge from ears
if you remove tonsils &adenoids which are septic, there are chances of getting
better of ear infectionafter operation. Ear operation (tympanoplasty) after the age of 21yrs.
You may try other modalities immunotherapy, certain herbal therapy.
High protein diet & supplements etc. Can help.

Hi lybrate-user, Long term ear discharge or what we call infection of the ear can cause permanent damage to ear and hearing. If hearing does not improve with surgery then you need to get hearing aids for your hearing. Please consult an audiologist for the same and start with getting a complete hearing evaluation.

A ruptured, or perforated, eardrum prevents the proper transmission of sound waves to the middle ear and leaves the middle ear vulnerable to infectious agents, water and other foreign substances.
Visit to eat specialist and follow adviced instructions.

Hello lybrate-user. Ntg to wry. U must have got hole in your tympanic membrane hence drops instilled in ear is reaching your throat. Consult ent to know the status of ear drum. No problem if you swallow the medicine.

An eardrum rupture is a small hole or tear in your eardrum, or tympanic membrane. Ear infections, pressure changes, and injury are common causes of eardrum ruptures. A ruptured eardrum often heals without any invasive treatment but if its not healing other treatment options are used which includes 1) Patching-it involves placing a medicated paper patch over the tear in the membrane. The patch encourages the membrane to grow back together.
2) Antibiotics-It can clear up infections that might ...more

Look, in middle ear you need three bones for proper hearing. Heres the thing the operation you had is called tympanoplasty. Here your tympanic membrane is repaired but your bones are destroyed. They,should have use artificial bone, so that you can here.

Sub total perforation can b repaired by surgery (tympanoplasty) But at 68 years of age if perforation is not troubling him much ie ear discharge, it can left as such and hearing can b improved by hearing aid.