_BACKGROUND:_ Secretory otitis media (SOM) is a pathologic condition of the middle ear in which an effusion is present behind an intact ear drum without signs of acute inflammation. Untreated cases might end in serious consequences as permanent anatomical abnormalities within middle ear cleft. Diagnosis of SOM depends mainly on audiological evaluation. Tympanometry is perhaps the most useful of all ...
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