| Document ID (ISN) | 36212 |
| CIS number |
81-1638 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0095-6562 - Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1981 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Demar E.A., Harper R. |
| Title |
Use of tympanometry in an airline medical service. |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 1981, Vol.52, No.3, p.181-184. Illus. 7 ref. |
| Abstract |
Tympanometry, a procedure in otologic medicine which enables an examiner to evaluate the mobility and potency of the eardrum, the functional condition of the middle ear, and to ascertain the ventilation capability of the Eustachian tube, has been used as an effective adjunct in the diagnosis and management of middle ear disease in commercial air crew. The tympanometer varies the air pressure in the closed ear canal and simultaneously emits a low-frequency sound. The compliance or mobility of the eardrum is then recorded on a graph. Tympanograms have been used to screen flight applicants and to establish normal and abnormal conditions in air crew recovering from aerotitis media. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
decompression otitis; work in pressurized atmosphere; audiology; aircraft; tympanic membrane changes |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
description of equipment; pressure measurement; diseases of middle ear |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Air transportation
Hyperbaric pressure
Diseases of the ear and hearing damage
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