Archive for September, 2010


The Best Candidates for Ear Surgery

You may be a candidate for ear pinning (otoplasty) if you have ears that stick out too far from the side of the head. You may also want to have an otoplasty procedure if your ears have an unusual or undesirable shape. The goal is to create ears that have normal folds and shape [...]

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Listen up: To protect your hearing, it’s best to limit loudness

Listen up: To protect your hearing, it’s best to limit loudness Ear buds. Earphones. Naked ears. Read more on Erie Times-News

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Ossiculoplasty- Titanium Ossicular replacement Prosthesis (TORP)

Use of titanium to replace total osscles. Modified radical mastoidectomy done and curved pice of cartilage placed first. Head of the prosthesis is placed on foot plate area and base touches the cartilage for good transmission of sound.

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Otoplasty – Cosmetic Ear Surgery for Protruding Ears

www.drfechner.com This is a patient underwent otoplasty (plastic surgery to correct protruding ears) and he describes his experiences.

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Is there anybody had ear surgery and ear problem got worse?

My ear is ringing so much and it drives me mad. I lost hearing a little bit. My boss told me ” how do you going to work with your ear problem?”….. Well, I had it for 10 years and I went to see a doctor a lot of times in my life and take [...]

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Our Technique of Primary Stapes Surgery

Stapes surgery for otosclerosis patients: We prefer local anaesthesia; Approach is completely trans canal. Tympano metal flap elevated to the level of annulus. Curetteing posterosuperior canal wall. we Dislocated incudostapedial joint after cutting stapedial tendon. Suprastructures of stapes removed next. Footplate is cracked down in the centre and with the help of measuring rod teflon [...]

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Causes of Constant Ringing in the Ears

If you visit your doctor because you’re hearing a constant ringing in the ears, he or she will probably check for a condition known as tinnitus. Tinnitus means you have a problem with ear health. The “ringing” may also resemble a hum, buzz, hiss, whoosh or any number of other sounds. Whatever the sound, it [...]

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