Definitions for "Tympanogram"
The graphic representing the change in the mobility of the eardrum as air pressure is changed.
a device which, after making an airtight seal in the ear canal, first pushes a bit of air in and then pulls out gently while measuring both the volume of the ear canal and the movement of the eardrum
a test of eardrum mobility
The graph that results from tympanometry, describing the acoustic evaluation of the outer and middle ear's ability to accept and conduct sound.
a graphic representation of tympanometry
A chart onto which the compliance results of tympanometry are graphed.
a very valuable (yet seldom used) device that many pediatric clinics have gathering dust in the back room