Management of the intact, mobile stapes: a 12 year experience: Presenting Author: Emma Stapleton

IP203 Learning Objectives: 1) To clarify the goals of tympanomastoid surgery 2) To present a single surgeon's 12 year cohort of patients 3) To determine hearing outcomes in patients with an isolated, intact, mobile stapes and aerated tympanum following tympanomastoid surgery 4) To compare the outcomes of Type III cartilage tympanoplasty with published results of various ossicular prostheses in similar patient groups. 5) To recommend management guidelines for hearing preservation in patients with an isolated, intact, mobile stapes Introduction: The goals of tympanomastoid surgery are the elimination of disease and the preservation of good hearing function.