Tympanometry: A Window into Middle Ear Health

At High Peak Hearing, our commitment to providing gold standard audiological care is unwavering. To further enhance our diagnostic capabilities, we are thrilled to announce the acquisition of a tympanometer—an invaluable tool that opens new avenues in understanding and addressing your hearing health. In this blog post, let's delve into what a tympanometer is and how it contributes to our comprehensive hearing assessments.

What is a Tympanometer?

A tympanometer is a specialised device designed to evaluate the status of the middle ear and the functionality of the eardrum (tympanic membrane). This non-invasive and quick procedure allows our audiologist to gather essential information about the health of your ear's middle ear system.

Key Benefits of Tympanometry:

Tympanometry is an objective measurement of middle ear mobility (compliance) and pressure within the middle ear system. The function of tympanometry is to provide one way of diagnosing and monitoring problems in the middle ear system. Tympanometry is one type of test used to identify and diagnose disorders that may lead to or have already caused a hearing loss. Performing tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing can help with making decisions about referring for further medical treatment and can help differentiate between different pathologies such as:

• Middle ear infection (otitis media)

• Perforation of the eardrum

• Fluid in the middle ear

• Tumour of the middle ear

• Ossicular fixation or discontinuity

• Eustachian tube dysfunction

The addition of the tympanometer to our diagnostic arsenal at High Peak Hearing represents our ongoing commitment to providing you with the most thorough and personalised audiological care. If you have any questions about tympanometry or would like to schedule a comprehensive hearing assessment, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Next week we will look into interpreting the results from a tympanometry test.