Otoscopy is the medical procedure that is used to observe the external ear canal and the tympanic membrane. The most commonly used tools for this procedure are the battery-powered otoscope and the microscope. The following figures show a battery-operated otoscope and otoscopy in a newborn.
Otoscopy of the left ear in a newborn.
The binocular operative microscope.
The binocular surgical microscope is used to have an optimal vision.
The otoscope cone is inserted into the external ear canal. In this way it is possible to observe the walls of the ear canal and the membrane of the eardrum
1 - auricle; 2 - external ear canal; 3 - tympanic membrane
4 - malleus; 5 - incus; 6 - staphes; 7 - labyrinth;
8 - cochlea; 9 - vestibular nerve; 10 - cochlear nerve
The tympanic membrane as seen with otoscopy - right ear.
Left ear otoscopy with perforation of the tympanic membrane
Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Carlo Govoni M.D. performs surgery ENT at the private clinic Columbus Clinical Center,
via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 48 MILAN City Life --- and Hesperia Hospital in via Arquà, 80 Modena.
Another ambulatory is located in MILAN, Magenta road, civic number 64.
Only private visits by appointment. Phone (+39) 3358040811
See also:
- causes and treatment of tinnitus at Columbus Clinic Center in Milan
- searching for the audiometric threshold
- ringing, tinnitus, buzzing and whistling are noise in the ear
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