Prevalence of Ossicular Lesions in Chronic Otitis Media

In human responses to sense of hearing and equilibrium, ear plays an important role. Hearing tends to encompass a crucial role in communication. For sound transmission middle ear acts as a notable anatomical and functional figure. In chronic otitis media, affected ossicles could resulted in significant hearing loss and communicational problems. Therefore, the current study was an attempt to evaluate ossicular lesions in chronic otitis media. During a two year retrospective study, all patients with chronic otitis media were studied. Amongst 196 patients, the number of cases with ossicular lesion was 56 patients (29%), which a relatively high percentage of them had cholesteatoma in middle ear cleft 33 patients (59%). In 50%, lesion was apparent in more than one ossicle (2 or 3 ossicules) mostly affecting the incus. Occurance of otitis media among patients aged 11-30 years old was evidently high. One of the most common complications of chronic otitis media is ossicular lesion. Early diagnosis and proper treatment could decrease incidence of the complications, especially ossicular lesions, which in return enables the hearing loss handicap prevention.