Abnormal Anatomy of the External Auditory Canal: Special Considerations for Making Earmolds

Robert T. Sataloff; Sandy Markowitz

doi:10.1055/s-2004-815554

Seminars in Hearing, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Semin Hear 2003; 24(4): 277-280
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815554

Abnormal Anatomy of the External Auditory Canal: Special Considerations for Making Earmolds

Robert T. Sataloff^1,2 , Sandy Markowitz²

¹Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
²Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Abnormal external auditory canal anatomy may occur congenitally, as a result of trauma, or following surgery. Knowledge of normal ear anatomy and familiarity with typical variations in abnormal anatomy is essential in understanding special issues encountered when making earmolds. Appropriate earmold material and design is possible in nearly all patients.

KEYWORDS

External auditory canal - mastoidectomy - congenital ear malformation - atresia - earmold - congenital ear reconstruction

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Referenzen

REFERENCE

1 Sataloff R T. Embryology and Anomalies of the Facial Nerve and their Surgical Implications. New York: Raven Press; 1991