Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients (n = 125).

Category	n	%
Age
<20 y.o. (teenagers)	3	2.4
20–40 y.o.	26	20.8
41–60 y.o.	50	40
61–80 y.o.	45	36
>80 y.o.	1	0.8
Sex
Male	46	36.8
Female	79	63.2
Otological indications
Chronic otitis media	67	53.6
Otosclerosis	24	19.2
Congenital malformation	8	6.4
Acquired atresia of external auditory canal	5	4
Single-sided deafness of unknown aetiology	21	16.8
Audiological indications
Bilateral conductive hearing loss	6	4.8
Bilateral mixed hearing loss	60	48
Unilateral conductive hearing loss	3	2.4
Unilateral mixed hearing loss	10	8
Single-sided deafness	39	31.2
Other (e.g. one ear conductive, contralateral ear mixed, etc.)	7	5.6