Abstract:Congenital absence of stapedius is an exquisite entity, with an incidence of 0.5% and very few cases reported in live patients. We herein report a case of a middle-aged female presented with bilateral ear discharge and decreased hearing for more than a year, which, on examination, showed a large central perforation bilaterally, and an audiogram preoperatively revealed an average hearing loss of 45 dB and air-bone gap of 35dB bilaterally. Right endoscopic type I tympanoplasty was done, which unveiled absent sta… Show more
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