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Analysis reveals tinnitus improvement post-surgery in chronic otitis media patients, indicating potential benefit of addressing emotional burden.
Surgery alleviates preexisting tinnitus in most COM patients, especially reducing emotional burden. Patients developing new-onset tinnitus exhibit better preoperative hearing, potentially due to transient conductive hearing loss.
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