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Static Admittance

MedGen UID:
362860
•Concept ID:
C1883165
•
Finding
Synonym: Tympanic Static Admittance

Definition

The maximum compliance (mobility) of the middle ear system (i.e., the greatest amount of acoustic energy absorbed by the middle ear system (the vertical peak of the tympanogram tracing). [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVStatic Admittance

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tympanometry screening criteria in children ages 5-7 yr.
Swanepoel de W, Eikelboom RH, Margolis RH
J Am Acad Audiol 2014 Nov-Dec;25(10):927-36. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.25.10.2. PMID: 25514446
Screening tympanometry: criteria for medical referral.
Margolis RH, Heller JW
Audiology 1987;26(4):197-208. doi: 10.3109/00206098709081549. PMID: 3632475

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Choice of probe tone and classification of trace patterns in tympanometry undertaken in early infancy.
Baldwin M
Int J Audiol 2006 Jul;45(7):417-27. doi: 10.1080/14992020600690951. PMID: 16938800
Treatment evaluation in otitis media research.
Le CT, Lindgren BR, Daly KA, Giebink GS
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1994 May;120(5):507-9. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1994.01880290021004. PMID: 8172701
Screening tympanometry: criteria for medical referral.
Margolis RH, Heller JW
Audiology 1987;26(4):197-208. doi: 10.3109/00206098709081549. PMID: 3632475
Otoadmittance in normal subjects.
Himmelfarb MZ, Lessing J, Shanon E
Laryngoscope 1977 Jul;87(7):1125-29. doi: 10.1288/00005537-197707000-00012. PMID: 875574
Acoustic admittance of the ear in the geriatric person.
Blood I, Greenberg HJ
J Am Audiol Soc 1977 Mar-Apr;2(5):185-7. PMID: 853010

Diagnosis

Choice of probe tone and classification of trace patterns in tympanometry undertaken in early infancy.
Baldwin M
Int J Audiol 2006 Jul;45(7):417-27. doi: 10.1080/14992020600690951. PMID: 16938800
Tympanometric evaluation of middle ear function in children with otitis media.
Margolis RH, Hunter LL, Giebink GS
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl 1994 May;163:34-8. doi: 10.1177/00034894941030s510. PMID: 8179267
Validity of tympanometry in cases of confirmed otosclerosis.
Muchnik C, Hildesheimer M, Rubinstein M, Gleitman Y
J Laryngol Otol 1989 Jan;103(1):36-8. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100107972. PMID: 2921550
Screening tympanometry: criteria for medical referral.
Margolis RH, Heller JW
Audiology 1987;26(4):197-208. doi: 10.3109/00206098709081549. PMID: 3632475
Tympanometric gradient measured from normal preschool children.
Koebsell KA, Margolis RH
Audiology 1986;25(3):149-57. doi: 10.3109/00206098609078381. PMID: 3753303

Therapy

The effect of flying and low humidity on the admittance of the tympanic membrane and middle ear system.
Morse RP
J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2013 Oct;14(5):623-33. Epub 2013 Jul 26 doi: 10.1007/s10162-013-0408-x. PMID: 23887775Free PMC Article
Test-retest reproducibility of the 1000 Hz tympanometry test in newborn and six-week-old healthy infants.
Mazlan R, Kei J, Hickson L, Gavranich J, Linning R
Int J Audiol 2010 Nov;49(11):815-22. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2010.493182. PMID: 20666688
Wideband reflectance in normal Caucasian and Chinese school-aged children and in children with otitis media with effusion.
Beers AN, Shahnaz N, Westerberg BD, Kozak FK
Ear Hear 2010 Apr;31(2):221-33. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181c00eae. PMID: 19858721
Energy reflectance and tympanometry in normal and otosclerotic ears.
Shahnaz N, Bork K, Polka L, Longridge N, Bell D, Westerberg BD
Ear Hear 2009 Apr;30(2):219-33. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181976a14. PMID: 19194289
Treatment evaluation in otitis media research.
Le CT, Lindgren BR, Daly KA, Giebink GS
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1994 May;120(5):507-9. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1994.01880290021004. PMID: 8172701

Prognosis

Values Range of Tympanometric Gradient in Otitis Media With Effusion.
Duzer S, Sakallioglu O, Akyigit A, Polat C, Cetiner H, Susaman N
J Craniofac Surg 2017 May;28(3):e283-e286. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003532. PMID: 28468223
Longitudinal changes in real-ear to coupler difference measurements in infants.
Bingham K, Jenstad LM, Shahnaz N
J Am Acad Audiol 2009 Oct;20(9):558-68. doi: 10.3766/jaaa.20.9.4. PMID: 19902703
The effects of aging on distortion-product otoacoustic emissions in adults with normal hearing.
Uchida Y, Ando F, Shimokata H, Sugiura S, Ueda H, Nakashima T
Ear Hear 2008 Apr;29(2):176-84. doi: 10.1097/aud.0b013e3181634eb8. PMID: 18595184
Chronic otitis media with effusion sequelae in children treated with tubes.
Daly KA, Hunter LL, Lindgren BR, Margolis R, Giebink GS
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003 May;129(5):517-22. doi: 10.1001/archotol.129.5.517. PMID: 12759263
Tympanometric gradient measured from normal preschool children.
Koebsell KA, Margolis RH
Audiology 1986;25(3):149-57. doi: 10.3109/00206098609078381. PMID: 3753303

Clinical prediction guides

Effects of Age and Middle Ear on the Frequency Tuning of the cVEMP and oVEMP.
Jha RH, Piker EG, Romero D
J Am Acad Audiol 2022 May;33(5):259-269. Epub 2022 Nov 7 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1747910. PMID: 36343649
Wideband Tympanmetry Results of Bone Cement Ossiculoplasty.
Yigit O, Tokgoz-Yilmaz S, Tahir E, Bajin MD, Kar I, Sennaroglu L
Am J Otolaryngol 2019 Jul-Aug;40(4):512-519. Epub 2019 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.04.009. PMID: 31006501
Hearing function in patients living with HIV/AIDS.
Luque AE, Orlando MS, Leong UC, Allen PD, Guido JJ, Yang H, Wu H
Ear Hear 2014 Nov-Dec;35(6):e282-90. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000064. PMID: 25127320Free PMC Article
The effect of flying and low humidity on the admittance of the tympanic membrane and middle ear system.
Morse RP
J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2013 Oct;14(5):623-33. Epub 2013 Jul 26 doi: 10.1007/s10162-013-0408-x. PMID: 23887775Free PMC Article
Developmental changes in static admittance and tympanometric width in infants and toddlers.
Roush J, Bryant K, Mundy M, Zeisel S, Roberts J
J Am Acad Audiol 1995 Jul;6(4):334-8. PMID: 7548933

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