Hearing within the Normal Limit may not Indicate that the Middle Ear is Healthy
Hamizah Ismail, Nik AN Othman, Mohd N Zakaria, Mohd FN Rashid, Noor AA Wahab, Mahamad A Awang
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Ismail H, Othman NA, Zakaria MN, Rashid MF, Wahab NA, Awang MA. Hearing within the Normal Limit may not Indicate that the Middle Ear is Healthy. Int J Otorhinolaryngol Clin 2021; 13 (1):23-25.
In clinical settings, air conduction (AC) thresholds of pure tone audiometry (PTA) represent the severity of hearing loss. If the AC thresholds are within the normal limit (≤20 dB HL), bone conduction (BC) thresholds are not typically determined. In this case report, the importance of having BC thresholds is highlighted (even though AC thresholds are normal) to achieve an accurate diagnosis.
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