tympanometry

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tympanometry /tym·pa·nom·e·try/ (tim?pah-nom´e-tre) indirect measurement of the compliance (mobility) and impedance of the tympanic membrane and ossicles of the middle ear.

tympanometry

indirect measurement of the compliance (mobility) and impedance of the tympanic membrane and ossicles of the middle ear; it is done by subjecting the external acoustic meatus to positive, normal and negative air pressure and monitoring the resultant sound energy flow.

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