REVIEW ARTICLES
Multifrequency Multicomponent Tympanometry
Multifrekans Multikomponent Timpanometri
Received Date : 28 Oct 2021
Accepted Date : 02 Feb 2022
Available Online : 07 Mar 2022
Sıddıka AKMANa, Şule KAYAb, M. Hakan KORKMAZc
aSincan Kadın Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu, Ankara, Türkiye
bAnkara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Odyoloji Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye
cAnkara Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye
Doi: 10.24179/kbbbbc.2021-86789 - Makale Dili: TR
KBB ve BBC Dergisi. 2022;30(3):165-72
Copyright © 2020 by Turkey Association of Society of Ear Nose Throat and Head Neck Surgery. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
ABSTRACT
Tympanometry has been widely used in clinics for years
to detect middle ear pathologies and is included in the audiological test
battery. Although standard 226 Hz tympanometry has proven to be a
useful clinical tool for evaluating middle ear dynamics, it provides limited
information about some middle ear pathologies. Multifrequency
multicomponent tympanometry is an electro-acoustic assessment tool
that provides more detailed information about middle ear dynamics than
226 Hz standard tympanometry. Multifrequency multicomponent tympanometry
provides the opportunity to evaluate the effects of mass,
friction and stiffness, which are important concepts related to the sound
transfer of the middle ear, and the middle ear resonance frequency.
Multifrequency multicomponent tympanometry analyzes the resonant
frequency, which determines the balance between the mass and stiffness
components. While doing this analysis, it analyzes the resonance
frequency value by sending different probe tones and different pressures
in the frequency range of 226 and 2000 Hz. The result of the analysis
varies according to the pathologies caused by mass or stiffness in
the middle ear system. It provides useful diagnostic information as a
fast, practical and non-invasive measurement tool in investigating the
effects of middle ear pathologies on middle ear dynamics. In addition,
the effects of various middle ear pathologies and/or surgeries can be
evaluated with multifrequency multicomponent tympanometry. The
aim of this article is to review the available information in the literature
about the usage areas and parameters of multifrequency multicomponent
tympanometry and to investigate the role of this assessment tool
in various otological conditions.
Keywords: Multifrequency multicomponent tympanometry; resonance frequency; Vanhuyse model
ÖZET
Timpanometri yıllardır orta kulak patolojilerini tespit etmek için
kliniklerde yaygın olarak kullanılmakta ve odyolojik test bataryasında
yer almaktadır. Standart 226 Hz timpanometrinin orta kulak dinamiklerini
değerlendirmek için yararlı bir klinik araç olduğu kanıtlanmış olmasına
rağmen, bazı orta kulak patolojileri hakkında sınırlı bilgi
sağlamaktadır. Multifrekans multikomponent timpanometri orta kulak
dinamikleri hakkında 226 Hz standart timpanometriye göre daha ayrıntılı
bilgi sağlayan elektro-akustik bir değerlendirme aracıdır. Multifrekans
multikomponent timpanometri orta kulağın ses transferi ile
ilgili önemli kavramlar olan kütle, sürtünme ve sertlik etkilerini ve orta
kulak rezonans frekansını değerlendirme olanağı sunmaktadır. Multifrekans
multikomponent timpanometri kütle ve sertlik kompanentlerinin
arasındaki dengeyi belirleyen rezonans frekansı analiz etmektedir. Bu
analizi yaparken 226 ve 2000 Hz frekans aralığında farklı prob ton ve
farklı basınçlar göndererek rezonans frekans değerini analiz etmektedir.
Analiz sonucu, orta kulak sisteminde kütle ya da sertlik nedenli patolojilere
göre değişkenlik göstermektedir. Orta kulak patolojilerinin, orta
kulak dinamikleri üzerindeki etkilerinin araştırılmasında hızlı, pratik
ve non invaziv bir ölçüm aracı olarak tanısal anlamda yararlı bilgiler
sağlamaktadır. Ayrıca çeşitli orta kulak patolojilerinin ve/veya cerrahilerinin
meydana getireceği etkilerde multifrekans multikomponent
timpanometri ile değerlendirilebilmektedir. Bu makalenin amacı multifrekans
multikomponent timpanometrinin kullanım alanları ve parametreleri
ile ilgili literatürdeki mevcut bilgileri gözden geçirmek ve
çeşitli otolojik koşullarda bu değerlendirme aracının rolünü araştırmaktır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Multifrekans multikomponent timpanometri; rezonans frekansı; Vanhuyse modeli
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