Changes to Hearing Levels Over the First Year After Stapes Surgery: An Analysis of 139 Patients

Abstract

Patients with an initial suboptimal or poor result after stapes surgery may observed improvement in their hearing thresholds in the year after surgery. These patients may have large preoperative air-bone gaps, and have a trend to have obliterated footplates. Revision surgery should not be considered until at least 6 months after primary surgery.