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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2015 Jan 19;125(8):E276–E282. doi: 10.1002/lary.25141

TABLE I.

Summary of Imaging Subjects, Clinical History, and Corresponding Thickness Measurement.

Subject Patient History TM Thickness (μm)
Normal
 N1 Normal 116
 N2 Normal 116
 N3 Normal 100
 N4 Normal 100
 N5 Normal 74
 N6 Normal 139
 N7 Normal 148
 N8 Normal 90
 N9 Normal 100
 N10 Normal 130
 N11 Normal 60
 N12 Normal 105
 N13 Normal 98
Acute
 A1 Acute OM 211
 A2 ET dysfunction, mild inflammation 215
 A3 OM, serous effusion 194
 A4 Acute OM, semipurulent effusion 175
 A5 Acute OM, serous effusion 150
 A6 Acute OM 115
 A7 Acute OM, serous effusion, inflammation 115
 A8 AOM, erythema 180
 A9 AOM, bulging TM, erythema 140
 A10 Persistent acute OM, erythema 190
 A11 Otitis externa, acute OM, TM perforation 197
 A12 Recurrent acute OM 200
Chronic
 C1 Chronic OM 230 (105)
 C2 Chronic OM 230 (NA)
 C3 Chronic OM 380 (120)
 C4 Chronic OM 410 (109)
 C5 Mucoid chronic OM, ET dysfunction 280 (79)
 C6 Chronic OM 310 (90)
 C7 Chronic OM 340 (150)
 C8 Chronic OM 190 (75)
 C9 Chronic OM 230 (81)

In the chronic OM group, the total thickness is listed first, with the TM-only thickness, if available, in parentheses.

AOM =acute; ET =Eustachian tube; NA =not available; OM =otitis media; TM =tympanic membrane.